Etymology
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From Middle English finally, fynaly, fynally, fynaliche, fynalliche, equivalent to final + -ly.
Pronunciation
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finally (not comparable)
- At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
- Synonyms: eventually, in the end; see also Thesaurus:finally
- Antonym: initially
The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.
- (sequence) To finish (with); lastly (in the present).
- Synonyms: at last, at length, endly; see also Thesaurus:lastly
Finally, I washed my dog.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC: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, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →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.
- (manner) Definitively, comprehensively.
- Synonyms: completely, thoroughly, totally; see also Thesaurus:completely
The question of his long-term success has now been finally settled.
Derived terms
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Translations
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ultimately
- Armenian: վերջիվերջո (hy) (verǰiverǰo)
- Bulgarian: оконча́телно (bg) (okončátelno)
- Catalan: finalment (ca)
- Czech: konečně (cs)
- Danish: til sidst, til slut, endelig
- Dutch: uiteindelijk (nl)
- Esperanto: fine (eo), finfine (emphatic)
- Estonian: lõpuks
- Finnish: vihdoinkin, lopulta (fi)
- French: enfin (fr)
- Georgian: ბოლოს და ბოლოს (bolos da bolos)
- German: schließlich (de)
- Greek: τελικά (el) (teliká)
- Hungarian: végül (hu)
- Icelandic: að lokum, loks, loksins (is)
- Irish: i ndeireadh na dála
- Italian: finalmente (it)
- Japanese: 結局 (ja) (kekkyoku), 終わりに (ja) (owari ni), 終いに (shimai ni)
- Korean: 결국(結局) (ko) (gyeolguk)
- Latin: dēmum (la), aliquando (la), tandem (la)
- Malay: akhirnya
- Navajo: hajoobáʼágo
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: til slutt
- Nynorsk: til slutt
- Ojibwe: gegapii
- Persian: بالاخره (fa) (bel-axare)
- Plautdietsch: entlich
- Polish: na koniec
- Portuguese: no fim/final, por fim, enfim (pt)
- Russian: в конце́ концо́в (ru) (v koncé koncóv)
- Scottish Gaelic: aig a' cheann thall
- Slovene: končno (sl), nazadnje
- Spanish: por fin (es)
- Sranan Tongo: te fu kaba
- Swedish: slutligen (sv)
- Tamil: முடிவில் (muṭivil)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Tocharian B: akek
- Ukrainian: вре́шті-решт (vréšti-rešt)
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lastly
- Arabic: أَخِيراً (ʔaḵīran)
- Armenian: վերջապես (hy) (verǰapes)
- Belarusian: нарэ́шце (naréšcje), урэ́шце (uréšcje)
- Bulgarian: накра́я (bg) (nakrája)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 終於/终于 (zh) (zhōngyú), 總算/总算 (zh) (zǒngsuàn)
- Czech: konečně (cs), nakonec (cs)
- Danish: til sidst, til slut, endelig
- Dutch: uiteindelijk (nl), ten slotte (nl)
- Esperanto: fine (eo), finfine (emphatic)
- Estonian: lõpuuks
- Finnish: lopulta (fi)
- French: enfin (fr)
- Georgian: საბოლოოდ (sabolood), ბოლოს (bolos)
- German: endlich (de)
- Greek: τελικά (el) (teliká)
- Hebrew: סוֹף סוֹף (sof sof)
- Hungarian: végül (hu)
- Icelandic: að lokum, að síðustu
- Italian: alla fine, per concludere, infine (it)
- Japanese: 終に (ja) (ついに, tsui ni), 等々 (ja) (とうとう, tōtō), やっと (ja) (やっと, yatto)
- Korean: 드디어 (ko) (deudieo), 마침내 (ko) (machimnae)
- Macedonian: конечно (konečno)
- Navajo: hónáásiiʼ
- Plautdietsch: entlich
- Polish: w końcu (pl), wreszcie (pl), nareszcie (pl)
- Portuguese: por último, por fim
- Russian: наконе́ц (ru) (nakonéc)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: на̏јзад, ко̀начно
- Roman: nȁjzad (sh), kònačno (sh)
- Slovak: konečne, nakoniec
- Slovene: končno (sl), naposled
- Swedish: avslutningsvis (sv)
- Tamil: கடைசியாக (kaṭaiciyāka)
- Ukrainian: зре́штою (uk) (zréštoju), наре́шті (uk) (naréšti)
- Vietnamese: cuối cùng (vi)
- Yiddish: סוף־כּל־סוף (sof-kol-sof)
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