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Definitions

in passing

ADVERB
briefly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
momentarily quickly temporarily
WEAK
fleetingly for a little while hastily transiently
Antonyms
STRONGEST
permanently
WEAK
at length long-windedly verbosely
ADVERB
by the way
Synonyms
WEAK
apart from as to aside by the bye in as much as incidentally on the part of parenthetically relating to speaking of while on the subject with reference to
ADVERB
incidentally
Synonyms
STRONGEST
casually remotely
STRONG
accidentally
WEAK
as a by-product as side effect by the bye by the way fortuitously in related manner not by design obiter parenthetically subordinately unexpectedly
Antonyms
WEAK
purposely

Example Sentences

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Her two solo albums are only mentioned in passing.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

Something similar happened in a parliamentary by-election in Britain in February, recently mentioned in this space in passing but now worth a closer look.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Kotora also said Babis would be interested in "passing the assets on to his children".

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Iran was mentioned in passing, as Paxton praised Americans for making political change with ballots not bombs.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

I hadn’t even actually met him yet, and had spoken just once in passing to Sherrie Chin- Watt.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.