Standard Lemma guide

lastly

adv · 3 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: lästʹlē
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːstli/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: lăstʹlē
  • General-American: /ˈlæstli/
  • rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːstli
  • rhymes with (General American) -æstli
  • CMU ARPABET: L AE1 S T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Used to mark the beginning of the last in a list of items or propositions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, sequence

Examples

  • Firstly, that's illegal; secondly, it has serious disadvantages; thirdly, it's not necessary; and lastly, did I mention that it's illegal?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Used to signal that the speaker is about to yield control of the conversation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Qualifier: discourse marker

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

the item at the end

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • last, I'll discuss family values

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: last, in conclusion, finally

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English last Middle English -ly English -ly English lastly From last + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: накрая (nakraja) — sequence
  • Bulgarian: последно (posledno) — sequence
  • Finnish: viimeiseksi — sequence
  • Finnish: lopuksi — sequence
  • Italian: alla fine — sequence
  • Italian: in ultimo — sequence
  • Japanese: 最後に (saigo-ni) — sequence
  • Latin: postrēmō — sequence
  • Spanish: postreramente — sequence
  • Spanish: postrimeramente — sequence
  • Spanish: postremamente — sequence
  • Spanish: postremeramente — sequence
  • Bulgarian: в заключение (v zaključenie) — discourse marker
  • French: finalement — discourse marker
  • Japanese: 最後に (saigo-ni) — discourse marker
  • Japanese: 終わりに (owari-ni) — discourse marker
  • Serbo-Croatian: konačno — discourse marker
  • Serbo-Croatian: najzad — discourse marker
  • Swedish: avslutningsvis — discourse marker