finally

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈfɑɪ.nə.li/ UK /ˈfaɪ.nə.li/ See IPA manual

Freq #611

Meanings

1

adv
After a long time or delay; at last.

After hours of waiting, the train finally arrived.
2

adv
As the last point or action in a list or series.

Finally, I would like to thank everyone for coming.
3

adv
In a way that settles something for good.

The matter has now been finally settled.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · after a long time or delay;... eventuallyin the end

2 adv · as the last point or action... lastly ultimately

3 adv · in a way that settles... definitively

Opposites

initially medially

Word family

Related forms finish

Etymology

From Middle English finally, fynaly, fynally, fynaliche, fynalliche, equivalent to final + -ly.

finally Middle English

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Topics

Describing Qualities

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# finally

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈfɑɪ.nə.li/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfaɪ.nə.li/
**Frequency rank:** 611

## Meanings
1. After a long time or delay; at last.
2. As the last point or action in a list or series.
3. In a way that settles something for good.

## Examples
- After hours of waiting, the train finally arrived.
- Finally, I would like to thank everyone for coming.
- The matter has now been finally settled.

## Synonyms
- eventually
- lastly
- ultimately

## Antonyms
- initially
- medially

## Related Forms
- finish

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: finally

## Etymology
From Middle English finally, fynaly, fynally, fynaliche, fynalliche, equivalent to final + -ly.

## AI Etymology
Finally comes from Middle English finally, fynaly, fynally, fynaliche, fynalliche, equivalent to final + -ly. In current use, the main senses are “After a long time or delay; at last” and “As the last point or action in a list or series”.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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