finally

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 115.97 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adverb At the end or conclusion; ultimately.

   The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.

2. adverb At bottom; ultimately; when all is considered.
3. adverb To finish (with); lastly (in the present).

   Finally, I washed my dog.

4. adverb Definitively, comprehensively.

   The question of his long-term success has now been finally settled.

5. adverb At last.

   So he's finally decided to ask you out, right?

Similar words

last ultimately lastly eventually at last at length at long last in conclusion in the end concluding

Often followed by

the to he in got a came i decided

Word family

final finalise finalised finalises finalising finality finalize finalized finalizes finalizing