English-Italian translations for by the way

• a proposito
  A proposito, quanti sarebbero? How many refugees, by the way?
  E, a proposito, anche quella volta tutti se ne sono stati zitti”. And by the way, then everybody was silent too.'
  A proposito, onorevole Schulz, prima che apra bocca, io non sono biondo. By the way, Mr Schulz, before you start, I am not blond.
• incidentalmente
  Incidentalmente, tanto perché l'onorevole Gollnisch lo sappia, le unità americane di stanza nella regione sono solo 30 e nessuna di loro è da combattimento. By the way, for Mr Gollnisch's information, there are only 30 American personnel in the Macedonian force, and none of them are combat troops.
• per caso

Definition of by the way

• Incidentally; a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened
• Irrelevantly, off-topic.

Examples

• His mother will be coming for dinner tomorrow, and, by the way, she volunteered to bring dessert

Related words

• fall by the wayside
• oh by the way
• throw the baby out with the bathwater
• throw out the baby with the bathwater
• throw the baby out with bathwater