by and by

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Adv

1. After a short time.
2. After an indefinite period.
3. (obsolete) Immediately; at once.

Noun

Heaven; the hereafter. Usually preceded with "the sweet."

Sînonîm

gradually

later

before long

later on

step by step

little by little

soon

🔜

in due course

in due time

in the end

in the long run

piece by piece

presently

progressively

shortly

some day

sooner or later

in a while

ceng

mbayembaye also occurs

paulo post futurum

after

Chris Wallace

afterwards

at last

bit by bit

by-and-by

by degrees

finally

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From Middle English by and by (“side by side, close together, alongside, on and on, continually, again and again, repeatedly”), equivalent to by + and + by.