finally

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishfinally,fynaly,fynally,fynaliche,fynalliche,equivalent tofinal+‎-ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation,US)IPA^(key):/ˈfaɪ.nə.li/,/ˈfaɪn.li/

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• Homophone:finely(some US dialects)
• Rhymes:(Received Pronunciation)-aɪnəli

Adverb

finally(notcomparable)

1. At theendorconclusion;ultimately.

   Synonyms:eventually,in the end;see alsoThesaurus:finally

   Antonym:initially

   The contest was long, but the Romansfinallyconquered.

2. At bottom; ultimately; when all is considered.
   • 1975December 20, Rudy Kikel, “The Closed Closet Policy and the Poetry of Paul Monette”, inGay Community News,volume 3, number25,page 9:

     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 butfinallyprotective system of alienation imposing itself.

   • 2024,Egbert Schuurman, Ruben Alvarado,Technology and Christianity: Essays on the Interface,page113:

     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.

3. (sequence)To finish (with);lastly(in the present).

   Synonyms:at last,at length,endly;see alsoThesaurus:lastly

   Finally,I washed my dog.

   • 1897December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill,chapter II, inThe 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, […], andfinallyleading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.

   • 1967,Barbara Sleigh,Jessamy,Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published1993,→ISBN,page122:

     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; andfinallydelight.

   • For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:finally.
4. (manner)Definitively,comprehensively.

   Synonyms:completely,thoroughly,totally;see alsoThesaurus:completely

   The question of his long-term success has now beenfinallysettled.

Derived terms

• and finally

Translations

at the end

• Arabic:أَخِيراً(ʔaḵīran)
• 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:Kết cục(ja)(kekkyoku),Chung わりに(ja)(owari ni),Chung いに(shimai ni)
• Korean:결국( kết cục )(ko)(gyeolguk)
• Latin:dēmum(la),aliquando(la),tandem(la)
• Malay:akhirnya
• Marathi:शेवटी(śevṭī)
• Navajo:hajoobáʼágo
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:til slutt

  Nynorsk:til slutt

• Ojibwe:gegapii
• Old English:æt nīehstan
• Persian:بالاخره(fa)(bel-axare)
• Plautdietsch:entlich
• Polish:na koniec
• Portuguese:nofim/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),finalmente(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)

at last

• Arabic:أَخِيراً(ʔaḵīran)
• Armenian:վերջապես(hy)(verǰapes)
• Belarusian:нарэ́шце(naréšcje),урэ́шце(uréšcje)
• Bulgarian:накра́я(bg)(nakrája)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Chung ô／Chung vu(zh)(zhōngyú),Tổng toán／Tổng toán(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:Chung に(ja)(ついに, tsui ni),Đẳng 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)
• Marathi:शेवटी(śevṭī),अखेरीस(akherīs)
• Navajo:hónáásiiʼ
• Old English:æt nīehstan
• Plautdietsch:entlich
• Polish:w końcu(pl),wreszcie(pl),nareszcie(pl)
• Portuguese:porúltimo,por fim
• Russian:наконе́ц(ru)(nakonéc)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:на̏јзад,ко̀начно

  Roman:nȁjzad(sh),kònačno(sh)

• Slovak:konečne,nakoniec
• Slovene:končno(sl),naposled
• Spanish:finalmente(es)
• Swedish:avslutningsvis(sv)
• Tamil:கடைசியாக(kaṭaiciyāka)
• Ukrainian:зре́штою(uk)(zréštoju),наре́шті(uk)(naréšti)
• Vietnamese:cuối cùng(vi)
• Yiddish:סוף־כּל־סוף(sof-kol-sof)

definitively

• Bulgarian:напъ́лно(bg)(napǎ́lno),безвъзвра́тно(bg)(bezvǎzvrátno),оконча́телно(bg)(okončátelno)
• Catalan:finalment(ca)
• Danish:omsider(da),endelig
• Dutch:uiteindelijk(nl),ten slotte(nl)
• French:définitivement(fr)
• Georgian:საბოლოოდ(sabolood)
• German:definitiv(de)
• Hungarian:véglegesen(hu),végleg(hu),egyszer s mindenkorra
• Icelandic:fyrir fullt og allt
• Italian:definitivamente(it),in definitiva
• Marathi:शेवटी(śevṭī)
• Portuguese:finalmente(pt)
• Russian:оконча́тельно(ru)(okončátelʹno)
• Slovene:dokončno
• Spanish:finalmente(es)
• Tamil:இறுதியாக(iṟutiyāka)
• Ukrainian:остато́чно(ostatóčno)

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• Esperanto:^{(pleaseverify)}finfine
• German:^{(pleaseverify)}schließlich(de),^{(pleaseverify)}letztendlich(de)
• Ido:^{(pleaseverify)}fine(io)
• Irish:^{(pleaseverify)}as deireadh na cúise,^{(pleaseverify)}i ndeireadh na mbeart
• Italian:^{(pleaseverify)}finalmente(it)
• Korean:^{(pleaseverify)}마지막적으로(majimakjeogeuro)
• Latin:^{(pleaseverify)}denique(la)
• Norman:^{(pleaseverify)}finnallement(Jersey)
• Slovene:^{(pleaseverify)}končno(sl)
• Swedish:^{(pleaseverify)}äntligen(sv)