adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:F AH0 N AE1 N SH AH0 L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:F IH0 N AE1 N SH AH0 L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 3:F AY2 N AE1 N SH AH0 L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
In terms of finance or money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
financially responsible
He helped his daughter out financially, paying her rent and utilities, until she recovered from the accident.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adverb
Meaning 2
from a financial point of view
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
this was financially unattractive
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English financial Middle English -ly English -ly English financially From financial + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
фина́нсово
(finánsovo)
— in terms of finance or money
Catalan:
financerament
— in terms of finance or money
Chinese Mandarin:
財政上地 /财政上地
(cáizhèng shàng de)
— in terms of finance or money
Esperanto:
finance
— in terms of finance or money
Finnish:
rahallisesti
— in terms of finance or money
French:
financièrement
— in terms of finance or money
French:
pécuniairement
— in terms of finance or money
German:
finanziell
— in terms of finance or money
Hungarian:
pénzügyileg
— in terms of finance or money
Ido:
finance
— in terms of finance or money
Ido:
financale
— in terms of finance or money
Italian:
finanziariamente
— in terms of finance or money
Latvian:
finansiāli
— in terms of finance or money
Polish:
finansowo
— in terms of finance or money
Portuguese:
financeiramente
— in terms of finance or money
Russian:
фина́нсово
(finánsovo)
— in terms of finance or money
Spanish:
financieramente
— in terms of finance or money
Ukrainian:
фіна́нсово
(finánsovo)
— in terms of finance or money
Vietnamese:
về mặt tài chính
— in terms of finance or money