Usually means: Incidental remark during a conversation.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (by the way)

▸ adverb:  (UK, idiomatic) Irrelevantly, off-topic.

Similar:
incidentally, by the bye, beside the point, irrelevantly, as an aside, anyway, parenthetically, unrelatedly, apropos, occasionally, more...

Opposite:
incidentally, on other hand, conversely, in contrast, alternatively

Phrases:
oh by the way, by the way of, left by the way side, more...

Adjectives:
en passant, incident, hard coded, apropos, occasional, incidental, circumstantial, nonce, side, by the by, eternal

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Similar:
incidentally, by the bye, beside the point, irrelevantly, as an aside, anyway, parenthetically, unrelatedly, apropos, occasionally, more...

Opposite:
incidentally, on other hand, conversely, in contrast, alternatively

Phrases:
oh by the way, by the way of, left by the way side, more...

Adjectives:
en passant, incident, hard coded, apropos, occasional, incidental, circumstantial, nonce, side, by the by, eternal



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