[
UK
/fˈaɪnəli/
]
[ US /ˈfaɪnəɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈfaɪnəɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
as the end result of a succession or process
ultimately he had to give in
at long last the winter was over -
the item at the end
last, I'll discuss family values - after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
How To Use finally In A Sentence
- When the moment finally comes, one look through his cataract lenses is all it takes. Christianity Today
- Pulling one back with another penalty - this time converted by the regular taker - they finally conceded a third. The Sun
- maybe god wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
- With a bit of luck, this will finally spell the end of those unforgiving hipster trousers.
- After an exchange of letters, I have finally got my appointment for next week - whoopee, I am still alive to attend it, thank God.
- Finally, in the formation of an opinion as to the abstract preferableness of one course of action over another, or as to the truth or falsehood or right significance of a proposition, the fact that the majority of one's contemporaries lean in the other direction is naught, and no more than dust in the balance. On Compromise
- Is winter finally over, or is this just a sneak preview?
- She was finally evicted in April for non-payment of rent .
- Although I have finally been given a small piece of work to do (nothing crucial, generous deadline), I'm finding it hard to apply myself after such a long period of enforced inactivity.
- It was the first time I'd finally counter-attacked.