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Webster 1913 Edition
Finally
Fi′nal-ly
,adv.
1.
At the end or conclusion; ultimately; lastly;
as, the contest was long, but the Romans
. finally
conqueredWhom patience
finally
must crown. Milton.
2.
Completely; beyond recovery.
Not any house of noble English in Ireland was utterly destroyed or
finally
rooted out. Sir J. Davies.
Webster 1828 Edition
Finally
FI'NALLY
, adv.1.
At the end or conclusion; ultimately; lastly. The cause is expensive, but we shall finally recover. The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.2.
Completely; beyond recovery.The enemy was finally exterminated.
Definition 2024
finally
finally
English
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.
- Finally, I washed my dog.
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- (manner) Definitively, comprehensively.
- The question of his long-term success has now been finally settled.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (ultimately): initially
Translations
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