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Definition of In passing
1. Adverb. Incidentally; in the course of doing something else. "He made this remark in passing"
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Passing
Literary usage of In passing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1886)
"... which was the occasion of excessive display, until 17 Oct. He succeeded in
passing the Act of Explanation through parliament on 23 Dec., which fixed the ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... the young poet against a spirit of envy and detraction, all because he liad
thrown a stone in passing at two of the common butts of their generation. ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"... a subject otherwise than in passing, that the same peculiarity is obvious in
all his published productions. To a superficial reader their style might ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Loflin, 98 U S., 659 [XXV., 222], in passing upon a provision of the charter of
the Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, substantially like the section here ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"We admit, in passing, that the question before the court turns upon the transaction
of Dec. 19, 1868, as it stood upon that day, and that matters happening ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"Contributions to the Chemistry of Chlorophyll. No. VIII.— Changes undergone by
Chlorophyll in passing through the Bodies of Animals. ..."
7. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1886)
"... which was the occasion of excessive display, until 17 Oct. He succeeded in
passing the Act of Explanation through parliament on 23 Dec., which fixed the ..."
8. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... the young poet against a spirit of envy and detraction, all because he liad
thrown a stone in passing at two of the common butts of their generation. ..."
9. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"... a subject otherwise than in passing, that the same peculiarity is obvious in
all his published productions. To a superficial reader their style might ..."
10. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Loflin, 98 U S., 659 [XXV., 222], in passing upon a provision of the charter of
the Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, substantially like the section here ..."
11. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"We admit, in passing, that the question before the court turns upon the transaction
of Dec. 19, 1868, as it stood upon that day, and that matters happening ..."
12. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"Contributions to the Chemistry of Chlorophyll. No. VIII.— Changes undergone by
Chlorophyll in passing through the Bodies of Animals. ..."
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