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finally

adv · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Canada, General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ.nə.li/
  • Canada, General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪn.li/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈfɑɪ.nə.li/
  • Australian: /ˈfɑɪn.li/
  • homophone: finely (some US dialects)
  • rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -aɪnəli
  • CMU ARPABET: F AY1 N AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

At the end or conclusion; ultimately.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: eventually, in the end

Antonyms: initially

2

adv

Meaning 2

At bottom; ultimately; when all is considered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, sequence

Examples

  • Finally, I washed my dog.
  • Finally, I'd like to thanks all the people who helped to make it this far.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: at last, at length, endly, finally, last, lastly, ultimately

Antonyms: none provided

4

adv

Meaning 4

Definitively, comprehensively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: manner

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

5

adverb

Meaning 5

as the end result of a succession or process

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • ultimately he had to give in
  • at long last the winter was over

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ultimately, in the end, at last, at long last

Antonyms: none provided

6

adverb

Meaning 6

after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: eventually

Antonyms: none provided

7

adverb

Meaning 7

the item at the end

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • last, I'll discuss family values

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: last, lastly, in conclusion

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

154 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَخِيراً (ʔaḵīran) — at the end
  • Armenian: վերջիվերջո (verǰiverǰo) — at the end
  • Bulgarian: оконча́телно (okončátelno) — at the end
  • Catalan: finalment — at the end
  • Czech: konečně — at the end
  • Danish: til sidst — at the end
  • Danish: til slut — at the end
  • Danish: endelig — at the end
  • Dutch: uiteindelijk — at the end
  • Esperanto: fine — at the end
  • Esperanto: finfine — at the end
  • Estonian: lõpuks — at the end
  • Finnish: vihdoinkin — at the end
  • Finnish: lopulta — at the end
  • French: enfin — at the end
  • Georgian: ბოლოს და ბოლოს — at the end
  • German: schließlich — at the end
  • Greek: τελικά (teliká) — at the end
  • Hindi: अंततः (antataḥ) — at the end
  • Hungarian: végül — at the end
  • Icelandic: að lokum — at the end
  • Icelandic: loks — at the end
  • Icelandic: loksins — at the end
  • Irish: i ndeireadh na dála — at the end
  • Italian: finalmente — at the end
  • Japanese: 結局 (kekkyoku) — at the end
  • Japanese: 終わりに (owari ni) — at the end
  • Japanese: 終いに (shimai ni) — at the end
  • Korean: 결국 (gyeolguk) — at the end
  • Latin: dēmum — at the end
  • Latin: aliquando — at the end
  • Latin: tandem — at the end
  • Malay: akhirnya — at the end
  • Marathi: शेवटी (śevṭī) — at the end
  • Navajo: hajoobáʼágo — at the end
  • Norwegian Bokmål: til slutt — at the end
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: til slutt — at the end
  • Ojibwe: gegapii — at the end
  • Old English: æt nīehstan — at the end
  • Persian: بالاخره (bel-axare) — at the end
  • Plautdietsch: entlich — at the end
  • Polish: na koniec — at the end
  • Portuguese: no fim/final — at the end
  • Portuguese: por fim — at the end
  • Portuguese: enfim — at the end
  • Russian: в конце́ концо́в (v koncé koncóv) — at the end
  • Scottish Gaelic: aig a' cheann thall — at the end
  • Slovene: končno — at the end
  • Slovene: nazadnje — at the end
  • Spanish: por fin — at the end
  • Spanish: finalmente — at the end
  • Sranan Tongo: te fu kaba — at the end
  • Swedish: slutligen — at the end
  • Tamil: முடிவில் (muṭivil) — at the end
  • Thai: ในทีสุด — at the end
  • Thai: ในตอนท้าย — at the end
  • Tocharian B: akek — at the end
  • Ukrainian: вре́шті-решт (vréšti-rešt) — at the end
  • Walloon: po fini — at the end
  • Walloon: po tot fini — at the end
  • Walloon: al fén — at the end
  • Walloon: al difén — at the end
  • Walloon: al fén des féns — at the end
  • Arabic: أَخِيراً (ʔaḵīran) — at last
  • Armenian: վերջապես (verǰapes) — at last
  • Belarusian: нарэ́шце (naréšcje) — at last
  • Belarusian: урэ́шце (uréšcje) — at last
  • Bulgarian: накра́я (nakrája) — at last
  • Catalan: per fi — at last
  • Catalan: a la fi — at last
  • Chinese Mandarin: 終於 /终于 (zhōngyú) — at last
  • Chinese Mandarin: 總算 /总算 (zǒngsuàn) — at last
  • Czech: konečně — at last
  • Czech: nakonec — at last
  • Danish: til sidst — at last
  • Danish: til slut — at last
  • Danish: endelig — at last
  • Dutch: uiteindelijk — at last
  • Dutch: ten slotte — at last
  • Esperanto: fine — at last
  • Esperanto: finfine — at last
  • Estonian: lõpuuks — at last
  • Finnish: lopulta — at last
  • French: enfin — at last
  • Georgian: საბოლოოდ (sabolood) — at last
  • Georgian: ბოლოს (bolos) — at last
  • German: endlich — at last
  • Greek: επιτέλους (epitélous) — at last
  • Hebrew: סוֹף סוֹף (sof sof) — at last
  • Hindi: अंततः (antataḥ) — at last
  • Hungarian: végül — at last
  • Icelandic: að lokum — at last
  • Icelandic: að síðustu — at last
  • Italian: alla fine — at last
  • Italian: per concludere — at last
  • Italian: infine — at last
  • Japanese: 終に (tsui ni) — at last
  • Japanese: 等々 (tōtō) — at last
  • Japanese: やっと (yatto) — at last
  • Korean: 드디어 (deudieo) — at last
  • Korean: 마침내 (machimnae) — at last
  • Macedonian: конечно (konečno) — at last
  • Marathi: शेवटी (śevṭī) — at last
  • Marathi: अखेरीस (akherīs) — at last
  • Navajo: hónáásiiʼ — at last
  • Old English: æt nīehstan — at last
  • Plautdietsch: entlich — at last
  • Polish: w końcu — at last
  • Polish: wreszcie — at last
  • Polish: nareszcie — at last
  • Portuguese: por último — at last
  • Portuguese: por fim — at last
  • Russian: наконе́ц (nakonéc) — at last
  • Serbo-Croatian: на̏јзад — at last
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̀начно — at last
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȁjzad — at last
  • Serbo-Croatian: kònačno — at last
  • Slovak: konečne — at last
  • Slovak: nakoniec — at last
  • Slovene: končno — at last
  • Slovene: naposled — at last
  • Spanish: finalmente — at last
  • Spanish: por fin — at last
  • Spanish: al fin — at last
  • Swedish: avslutningsvis — at last
  • Tamil: கடைசியாக (kaṭaiciyāka) — at last
  • Ukrainian: зре́штою (zréštoju) — at last
  • Ukrainian: наре́шті (naréšti) — at last
  • Vietnamese: cuối cùng — at last
  • Yiddish: סוף־כּל־סוף (sof-kol-sof) — at last
  • Bulgarian: напъ́лно (napǎ́lno) — definitively
  • Bulgarian: безвъзвра́тно (bezvǎzvrátno) — definitively
  • Bulgarian: оконча́телно (okončátelno) — definitively
  • Catalan: finalment — definitively
  • Danish: omsider — definitively
  • Danish: endelig — definitively
  • Dutch: uiteindelijk — definitively
  • Dutch: ten slotte — definitively
  • French: définitivement — definitively
  • Georgian: საბოლოოდ (sabolood) — definitively
  • German: definitiv — definitively
  • Hungarian: véglegesen — definitively
  • Hungarian: végleg — definitively
  • Hungarian: egyszer s mindenkorra — definitively
  • Icelandic: fyrir fullt og allt — definitively
  • Italian: definitivamente — definitively
  • Italian: in definitiva — definitively
  • Marathi: शेवटी (śevṭī) — definitively
  • Portuguese: finalmente — definitively
  • Russian: оконча́тельно (okončátelʹno) — definitively
  • Slovene: dokončno — definitively
  • Spanish: finalmente — definitively
  • Tamil: இறுதியாக (iṟutiyāka) — definitively
  • Ukrainian: остато́чно (ostatóčno) — definitively
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