finally
English
Etymology
From Middle English finally, fynaly, fynally, fynaliche, fynalliche, equivalent to final + -ly.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ.nəl.i/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ.nl̩.i/, /ˈfaɪn.li/
Audio (US): (file)
- Homophone: finely Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "some US dialects" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Adverb
finally (not comparable)
- At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
- The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.
- (sequence) To finish (with); lastly (in the present).
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
- I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.
- 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 122:
- At any other time Jessamy would have laughed at the expressions that chased each other over his freckled face: crossness left over from his struggle with the baby; incredulity; distress; and finally delight.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:finally.
- Finally, I washed my dog.
- (manner) Definitively, comprehensively.
- The question of his long-term success has now been finally settled.
Synonyms
- (ultimately): eventually; in the end; see also Thesaurus:finally
- (lastly): at last, at length, endly; see also Thesaurus:lastly
- (definitively): completely, thoroughly, totally; see also Thesaurus:completely
Antonyms
- (ultimately): initially
Derived terms
Translations
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lastly
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definitively
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