Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- At the end or conclusion; ultimately; at last; lastly: as, he finally submitted.
- Completely; beyond recovery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb At the end or conclusion; ultimately; lastly.
- adverb Completely; beyond recovery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb At the end or conclusion;
ultimately . - adverb sequence To finish (with);
lastly . - adverb manner
Definitively ,comprehensively .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb as the end result of a succession or process
- adverb after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
- adverb the item at the end
Etymologies
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Examples
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When the end of the term finally arrived, Marks came to drive Teddy to the house at Hyannis Port.
Teddy Kennedy George E. Stanley 2010
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The word finally came from London on the afternoon of November 29.
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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The word finally came from London on the afternoon of November 29.
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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The word finally reaches one of the advertising publications.
From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor Jerry Della Femina 2010
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The word finally reaches one of the advertising publications.
From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor Jerry Della Femina 2010
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The word finally reaches one of the advertising publications.
From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor Jerry Della Femina 2010
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The word finally reaches one of the advertising publications.
From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor Jerry Della Femina 2010
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Interestingly enough, a full FOURTEEN issues into the current Wonder Woman relaunch, the title finally gets a reasonable start to the series this is not even meant as a shot at Heinberg or Picoult, they just were not given the opportunity to truly launch the title, as their runs were limited ones with Gail Simone joining the book as the regular title.
Wonder Woman #14 Review | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007
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My name finally appeared at the top of the third page.
A Long Day for Dying Patrick A. Davis 2003
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My name finally appeared at the top of the third page.
A Long Day for Dying Patrick A. Davis 2003
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