Incidentally, by the way, as in "It may be remarked in passing" (Charlotte Brontë, Shirley, 1849).
[Mid-1800s]
in passing
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The adverb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
incidentally; in the course of doing something else
Synonym: en passant
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