к слову

Definitions

1. 1.
   by the way, incidentally, side note (in connection with what has just been said, in addition to what has already been said)

   • про́сто к сло́ву

     prósto k slóvu — just saying / just for the record

   • к сло́ву о

     k slóvu o — speaking of

   • Э́то статья́ мое́й ма́мы, кото́рая, к сло́ву, была́ журнали́стом.

     Éto statʹjá mojéj mámy, kotóraja, k slóvu, bylá žurnalístom. — This is an article by my mum, who, by the way, was a journalist.

2. 2.
   in a word, so to speak, just saying, if I/we may say so, dare I/we say, it must be said, I have to say (used to introduce and highlight the expressivity of a summary or description of something already talked about)

   • Они́, к сло́ву, о́чень дороги́е.

     Oní, k slóvu, óčenʹ dorogíje. — They are, in a word, very expensive.

   • Отли́чное ме́сто, к сло́ву сказа́ть.

     Otlíčnoje mésto, k slóvu skazátʹ. — Great place, by the way / I have to say.

3. 3.
   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see к (k), сло́ву (slóvu).

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