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Noun: by-and-by  'bI-un'bI
  1. An indefinite time in the future
    "he'll get around to it in the sweet by-and-by"
Adverb: by and by
  1. At some eventual time in the future
    "By and by he'll understand";
    - later

Type of: future, futurity, hereafter, time to come