By-path
a private path or an indirect or secondary course or means; byway.
Historical Examples
The Young Bridge-Tender Arthur M. Winfield
A Black Adonis Linn Boyd Porter
The Half-Hearted John Buchan
The Jessica Letters: An Editor’s Romance Paul Elmer More
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Various
Ten Years Later Alexandre Dumas, Pere
Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1887 Various
Ruth Fielding Down East Alice B. Emerson
Favorite Fairy Tales Various
Micah Clarke Arthur Conan Doyle
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an action or speech carried on to the side while the main action proceeds, especially on the stage. Historical Examples Meg of Mystery Mountain Grace May North The Sign of the Spider Bertram Mitford Wang the Ninth Putnam Weale A Waif of the Mountains Edward S. Ellis A Woman’s Burden Fergus Hume Up the Forked […]
- By-plot
subplot.
- By-product
a secondary or incidental product, as in a process of manufacture. the result of another action, often unforeseen or unintended. Contemporary Examples The Internet Shouldn’t Own You Eric Klinker October 9, 2013 The Hidden Link Between Women and War Leith Greenslade December 2, 2014 Fact-Checking Suzanne Somers’s Claim That Obamacare is a Socialist Ponzi Scheme […]
- Request
the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left. an instance of this: There have been many requests for the product. a written statement of petition: If you need supplies, send in a request. something asked for: to obtain […]
- Right
in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct. in conformity with fact, reason, truth, or some standard or principle; correct: the right solution; the right answer. correct in judgment, opinion, or action. fitting or appropriate; suitable: to say the right thing at the right time. most convenient, desirable, or favorable: Omaha is […]