BY AND BY


Meaning of BY AND BY in English

|bīən(d)|bī, (ˈ)bīn(d)|bī, (ˈ)bīm|bī, |bīəm|bī, ˌbəmˈbī adverb

Etymology: by (II)

1. obsolete : at once : immediately

the end is not by and by — Lk 21:9 (Authorized Version)

2. : in a little while : before long : soon

by and by he discovered that the black night had changed to gray — Zane Grey

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.