finally
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English finally, fynaly, fynally, fynaliche, fynalliche, equivalent to final + -ly.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ.nə.li/, /ˈfaɪn.li/
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -aɪnəli
- Homophone: finely (some US dialects)
AdverbEdit
finally (not comparable)
- At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
- The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.
- Synonyms: eventually, in the end; see also Thesaurus:finally
- Antonym: initially
- (sequence) To finish (with); lastly (in the present).
- 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, Sleigh, Barbara, 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.
- Synonyms: at last, at length, endly; see also Thesaurus:lastly
- (manner) Definitively, comprehensively.
- The question of his long-term success has now been finally settled.
- Synonyms: completely, thoroughly, totally; see also Thesaurus:completely
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
ultimately
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lastly
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definitively
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