finally

Adverb

• At the end, after a long delay, or conclusively.
• after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
• as the end result of a succession or process
• the item at the end

Adv

• At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
• At bottom; ultimately; when all is considered.
• To finish (with); lastly (in the present).
• Definitively, comprehensively.

Examples

• Finally, after much deliberation, he played the winning word.
• Finally, I washed my dog.
• Finally, I'd like to thanks all the people who helped to make it this far.
• The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.
• The question of his long-term success has now been finally settled.

Synonyms

at last, at long last, eventually, in conclusion, in the end, last, lastly, ultimately, absolutely, all the way, all-out, altogether, and barrel, and sinker, at large, at length, cap-a-pie, categorically, completely, detailly, downright, endly, entirely, exhaustively, finally, first and last, flat out, flat-out, for good, for good and all, from A to Z, from aardvark to zymurgy, 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, head to foot, head to tail, head to toe, heartily, hook, in detail, in fine, in full, line, lock, once and for all, one hundred percent, out and out, out-and-out, outright, particularly, perfectly, plumb, purely, quite, right, root and branch, soundly, soup-to-nuts, stock, thoroughly, through and through, to the bone, to the core, to the full, top to tail, top to toe, totally, totes, utterly, well and truly, whole, whole cloth, wholly

Antonyms

initially, medially

Related Words

finish, in summary