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Definition of 'by and by'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adverb) by-and-by
an indefinite time in the future
"he'll get around to it in the sweet by-and-by"

2. (adverb) by and by, later
at some eventual time in the future
"By and by he'll understand"; "I'll see you later"

Translation of 'by and by'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: after a short time By and by, everyone went home.
Afrikaans: straks, aanstons	Arabic: فيما بَعْد، بعد قليل	Bulgarian: след известно време
Brazilian: pouco a pouco	Czech: co nevidět, zanedlouho	German: nach und nach
Danish: lidt efter lidt	Greek: σιγά σιγά, μετά από λίγο	Spanish: con el tiempo
Estonian: peagi	Farsi: پس از مدت کوتاهی	Finnish: hetken kuluttua
French: (un peu) plus tard	Hebrew: לֶאָט לֶאָט	Hindi: थोड़ समय बाद
Croatian: malo po malo	Hungarian: nemsokára	Indonesian: tak lama kemudian
Icelandic: skömmu seinna; brátt	Italian: (a) poco a poco	Japanese: やがて
Korean: 이윽고, 곧	Lithuanian: netrukus	Latvian: pamazām
Malay: beransur-ansur	Dutch: weldra	Norwegian: litt etter (litt), om lit
Polish: stopniowo, wkrótce	Persian: پس از مدت کوتاهی	Pashto: له لږ څه وخت څخه وروسته
Portuguese: pouco a pouco	Romanian: (puţin) mai târziu	Russian: вскоре
Slovak: po chvíli	Slovenian: kmalu	Serbian: ubrzo
Swedish: snart, så småningom	Thai: เมื่อเวลาผ่านไป	Turkish: kısa bir süre sonra, az s
Taiwanese: 不久以後	Ukrainian: незабаром	Urdu: تھوڑی دیر بعد ، جلدی
Vietnamese: lát nữa thôi	Chinese: 不久以后
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