by way of interjection or digressionHe mentioned by the by that he had never been to Paris.
He mentioned by the by that he had never been to Paris.
apropos, en passant, incidentally
digressively, excursively, interjectionally, parenthetically, secondarily, tangentially
by the way, in passing
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