dictionary definitions for "finally"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

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

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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