good-by

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good-by

interjection

dated Dated form of goodbye “Good-by, then,” said Phœbe, frankly. “I do not mean to be angry a great while, and should be sorry to have you think so. There has Cousin Hepzibah been standing in the shadow of the door-way, this quarter of an hour past! She thinks I stay too long in the damp garden. So, good-night, and good-by!”

noun good-bys

dated Dated form of goodbye Our daughter Lynda had been flying all night from California on the "Red Eye Special." She had just said good-by to her husband, Chuck, who was leaving for duty in Vietnam.

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@misc{good_by_2026,
  title = {good-by},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/good-by},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}