Finally
['faɪnəlɪ] or ['faɪnəli]
Definition
(adv.) after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay.
Edited by Claudette--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) At the end or conclusion; ultimately; lastly; as, the contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.
(adv.) Completely; beyond recovery.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [1]. Lastly, in conclusion.[2]. Ultimately, at last, in the long-run.[3]. For good, for good and all, as the final move.
Edited by Anselm
Examples
- She persisted until she finally conquered the elephant's prejudices, and now they are inseparable friends. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Now, finally and at last, there was no problem. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I went into the kitchen, the butler's pantry, the gun-room, the billiard-room, the drawing-room, and finally the dining-room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The proprietors and cultivators finally pay both the wages of all the workmen of the unproductive class, and the profits of all their employers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Finally I put a rope to my trunk, which was about the size of a carpenter's chest, and started to pull this from the baggage-car to the passenger-car. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We made up a scheme to hold this wire, so he changed one letter of the alphabet and I soon got used to it; and finally we changed three letters. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It would seem that the manuscript is here imperfect, for we do not find the reasons which finally induce the curtal Friar to amend the King's cheer. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Finally, I thought I would try it because we had got very high vacua and good conditions for it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I pondered over this report for some time, finally asking, What might a sorak be, Sola? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- By dint of hard scrambling he finally straddled the top, but some loose stones crumbled away and fell with a crash into the court within. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She would hesitate, she would tease, she would condition, she would require a great deal, but she would finally accept. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She knew he was trying to break away from her finally, to be free. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Free chlorine is heavier than air, and hence when it leaves the exit tube it settles at the bottom of the jar, displacing the air, and finally filling the bottle. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But most of them went toward the fire and then back toward the end and swarmed on the cool end and finally fell off into the fire. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- In breathless expectancy I waited, when finally the great door moved softly toward me and slid quietly to one side. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- In connection with the cards, combers and strippers are used to assist in further cleaning and straightening the fibre, which is finally removed from the cards and the combs by the doffer. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- His suggestions were finally approved, although they did not immediately find favor in Washington. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Then, when active life is over, let him finally return to philosophy. Plato. The Republic.
- The patent was infringed and assailed, but finally sustained by the highest courts of England. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- No,' said Harry; 'to hear you repeat it, if you will--finally repeat it! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The captain surveyed him from cap to waistcoat and from waistcoat to leggings for a few moments, and finally asked him to go indoors. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Discovery, research, inquiry in new lines, inventions, finally came to be either the social fashion, or in some degree tolerable. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Finally the fire communicated with our breastworks, in places. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He was neither ostentatious nor luxurious, neither did he care about social position, not finally. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Finally practice falls of necessity within experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Finally, the fuel consumption is reduced, which in the case of the Eastern plants, with their relatively costly coke, is a very important consideration. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The enemy was driven back all day, as we had been the day before, until finally he beat a precipitate retreat. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This was followed by the plank leading from a lower to a higher level, by the ladder, and finally by the stairway. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was very difficult to get the land he wanted for his central station, but he finally bought two old buildings on Pearl Street for $150,000. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- We went up to the bank and finally we saw the railway bridge. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Edited by Anselm