dictionary definitions for "finally"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  finally
      adv 1: after a long period of time or an especially long delay; "at
             length they arrived" [syn: eventually, at length]
      2: the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values"
         [syn: last, lastly, in conclusion]
      3: as the end result of a succession or process; "ultimately he
         had to give in"; "at long last the winter was over" [syn:
         ultimately, in the end, at last, at long last]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Finally \Fi"nal*ly\, adv.
     1. At the end or conclusion; ultimately; lastly; as, the
        contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.
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              Whom patience finally must crown.     --Milton.
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     2. Completely; beyond recovery.
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              Not any house of noble English in Ireland was
              utterly destroyed or finally rooted out. --Sir J.
                                                    Davies.
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