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Chennai is by the way a cosmopolitan city.

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by the by

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by and large

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on the large

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(2) by and large (Idiom) : in general, mainly , to a large extent
by the way (Idiom) : used for introducing a comment or question that is not directly related to what you have been talking about Here, by and large is the right usage.
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