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Finally

//ˈfaɪ.nl̩.i// adv

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    At the end or conclusion; ultimately. not-comparable

    "The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered."

  2. 2
    At bottom; ultimately; when all is considered. not-comparable

    "In a world in which "like singing,/ the next day's shriek for ease rises," in a world whose "survivors" are "capable of any cry, never done/ clasping in the city's shaken places," it is perhaps not surprising to find a dehumanizing but finally protective system of alienation imposing itself."

  3. 3
    To finish (with); lastly (in the present). not-comparable, sequence

    "Finally, I washed my dog."

  4. 4
    Definitively, comprehensively. not-comparable

    "The question of his long-term success has now been finally settled."

Adverb
  1. 1
    as the end result of a succession or process wordnet
  2. 2
    after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay wordnet
  3. 3
    the item at the end wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English finally, fynaly, fynally, fynaliche, fynalliche, equivalent to final + -ly.

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