by and bye

English

Adverb

by and bye (not comparable)

  1. Dated form of by and by.
    • 1883, Sermons for boys and girls, 2nd series, page 228:
      But perhaps you have heard people say, “Oh, yes! it is warm to-day, but we have got to pay for it by and bye, when the frost will come and kill the silly buds and blossoms that came out because they thought it was Spring. […]
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