Meaning & usage
ついでに means doing one thing while taking the chance of doing another, adding a second action onto a main one. It comes after a plain-form verb or a noun, and it can also stand alone between clauses to link two actions, as in the examples where an errand is tacked onto another task.
Example sentences 8
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あなたが入れるついでに私にもコーヒーを入れてください。
While you are about it, please make a cup of coffee for me, too.
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父がついでに私を飛行場まで送ってくれることになっている。
My father is dropping me off at the airport along the way.
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彼を迎えに行って、ついでにこの手紙をポストに入れておいて。
Go and meet him, and while you're about it mail this letter.
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ガソリンを満タンにして、ついでにオイルも見てくれませんか?
Could you fill it up and take a look at the oil, too?
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ついでに私のも買ってきてくれますか。
Can you buy one for me as well?
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買い物ついでにでもお寄りください。
Please drop by when you go out for shopping sometimes.
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先生はいろいろな種類の花を見せてくれたついでに、これらの花は自分の家の庭から持ってきた物だと言った。
Our teacher showed us different kinds of flowers and told us in passing that those flowers came from her garden.
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知ってるよ。ついでに言えば、恵子とは「はとこ」だからね。
I know! And let me also say that Keiko is a SECOND cousin of mine.