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finally en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ˈfaɪ.nə.li/ (Canada, General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfaɪn.li/ (Canada, General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfɑɪ.nə.li/ (Australia)
• /ˈfɑɪn.li/ (Australia)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
   • The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.
2. (not-comparable) At bottom; ultimately; when all is considered.
   • Cyberneticism is, finally, a refined form of scientism, and therefore it is also more dangerous. This form of scientism is not based on linear causality, as mechanistic thought is; rather, it is based on circular causality. 2024, Egbert Schuurman, Ruben Alvarado, Technology and Christianity: Essays on the Interface, page 113:
   • 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. 1975 December 20, Rudy Kikel, “The Closed Closet Policy and the Poetry of Paul Monette”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 25, page 9:
3. (not-comparable, sequence) To finish (with); lastly (in the present).
   • Finally, I'd like to thanks all the people who helped to make it this far.
   • Finally, I washed my dog.
   • 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. 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 122:
   • 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. 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:
4. (not-comparable) Definitively, comprehensively.
   • The question of his long-term success has now been finally settled.

Antonyms

initially · medially · initially

Deriveds

and finally · semifinally

Relateds

finish · in summary

Synonyms

endly · entirely · to the bone · lastly · completely · fully · all the way · top to tail · heartily · whole cloth · straight up · from A to Z · handsomely · altogether · out and out · at length · lastly · and sinker · ultimately · stone-cold · detailly · last · thoroughly · totally · well and truly · to the full · in full · at last · stock · blind · in detail · flat-out · in the end · lock · through and through · head to foot · at large · eventually · totally · particularly · all-out · properly · head to tail · at length · from head to toe · categorically · quite · line · totes · ultimately · soup-to-nuts · flat out · eventually · in the end · completely · finally · at length · perfectly · first and last · top to toe · hook · root and branch · from aardvark to zymurgy · at last · downright · cap-a-pie · from top to toe · out-and-out · absolutely · from stem to stern · whole · to the core · stark · finally · one hundred percent · head to toe · in fine · in conclusion · purely · tout à fait · for good and all · utterly · and barrel · wholly · exhaustively · outright · cold · endly · once and for all · from top to bottom · soundly · from soup to nuts · right · plumb · at the last · finally · for good · from the rooter to the tooter

Translations (154)

vi cuối cùng (at last) · ms akhirnya (at the end) · de schließlich (at the end) · ru оконча́тельно (definitively) · wa al difén (at the end) · ang æt nīehstan (at the end) · de endlich (at last) · eo finfine (at last) · mr अखेरीस (at last) · sv avslutningsvis (at last) · es finalmente (at the end) · ar أَخِيراً (at the end) · is að lokum (at the end) · ga i ndeireadh na dála (at the end) · pt por fim (at the end) · uk остато́чно (definitively) · ru наконе́ц (at last) · nl uiteindelijk (at the end) · it per concludere (at last) · da endelig (at the end) · es por fin (at last) · it finalmente (at the end) · wa po fini (at the end) · wa al fén des féns (at the end) · srn te fu kaba (at the end) · pl na koniec (at the end) · de definitiv (definitively) · sl končno (at last) · el επιτέλους (at last) · bg напъ́лно (definitively) · ca finalment (definitively) · nn til slutt (at the end) · wa po tot fini (at the end) · ru в конце́ концо́в (at the end) · et lõpuks (at the end) · sh kònačno (at last) · sv slutligen (at the end) · nv hajoobáʼágo (at the end) · ja やっと (at last) · sl nazadnje (at the end) · es al fin (at last) · is að lokum (at last) · da omsider (definitively) · pt por último (at last) · da til slut (at last) · ka ბოლოს (at last) · ta இறுதியாக (definitively) · sk nakoniec (at last) · bg оконча́телно (at the end) · uk вре́шті-решт (at the end) · fa بالاخره (at the end) · el τελικά (at the end) · la aliquando (at the end) · fi vihdoinkin (at the end) · pt finalmente (definitively) · mr शेवटी (definitively) · ka საბოლოოდ (at last) · da endelig (definitively) · ja 等々 (at last) · da til slut (at the end) · he סוֹף סוֹף (at last) · ko 마침내 (at last) · cmn 總算 /总算 (at last) · ko 드디어 (at last) · nb til slutt (at the end) · ja 終いに (at the end) · hu végül (at the end) · nl uiteindelijk (definitively) · sh ко̀начно (at last) · ja 終に (at last) · uk зре́штою (at last) · ca finalment (at the end) · ca a la fi (at last) · la dēmum (at the end) · ka საბოლოოდ (definitively) · be урэ́шце (at last) · ja 結局 (at the end) · nl ten slotte (at last) · txb akek (at the end) · hy վերջապես (at last) · pl w końcu (at last) · fi lopulta (at last) · fi lopulta (at the end) · cs konečně (at last) · ta முடிவில் (at the end) · la tandem (at the end) · fr enfin (at last) · cs nakonec (at last) · es finalmente (definitively) · sl naposled (at last) · is loksins (at the end) · sl končno (at the end) · it alla fine (at last) · hu véglegesen (definitively) · th ในตอนท้าย (at the end) · fr enfin (at the end) · hu egyszer s mindenkorra (definitively) · bg накра́я (at last) · be нарэ́шце (at last) · pdt entlich (at last) · da endelig (at last) · hy վերջիվերջո (at the end) · it in definitiva (definitively) · pt enfim (at the end) · uk наре́шті (at last) · nl ten slotte (definitively) · th ในทีสุด (at the end) · ka ბოლოს და ბოლოს (at the end) · hu végleg (definitively) · pl wreszcie (at last) · is að síðustu (at last) · eo fine (at the end) · pl nareszcie (at last) · da til sidst (at last) · sh nȁjzad (at last) · ca per fi (at last) · hu végül (at last) · mr शेवटी (at the end) · ko 결국 (at the end) · bg оконча́телно (definitively) · ar أَخِيراً (at last) · hi अंततः (at last) · pt por fim (at last) · sh на̏јзад (at last) · it definitivamente (definitively) · ta கடைசியாக (at last) · da til sidst (at the end) · it infine (at last) · mr शेवटी (at last) · fr définitivement (definitively) · es finalmente (at last) · cmn 終於 /终于 (at last) · gd aig a' cheann thall (at the end) · eo fine (at last) · nv hónáásiiʼ (at last) · is fyrir fullt og allt (definitively) · ang æt nīehstan (at last) · ja 終わりに (at the end) · bg безвъзвра́тно (definitively) · oj gegapii (at the end) · eo finfine (at the end) · mk конечно (at last) · et lõpuuks (at last) · nl uiteindelijk (at last) · hi अंततः (at the end) · yi סוף־כּל־סוף (at last) · sl dokončno (definitively) · is loks (at the end) · sk konečne (at last) · pt no fim/final (at the end) · pdt entlich (at the end) · es por fin (at the end) · wa al fén (at the end) · cs konečně (at the end)