finally
advEtymology
From Middle English finally, fynaly, fynally, fynaliche, fynalliche, equivalent to final + -ly.
- inherited from finally
Definitions
At the end or conclusion
At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
- The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.
At bottom
At bottom; ultimately; when all is considered.
- Cyberneticism is, finally, a refined form of scientism, and therefore it is also more dangerous. This form of scientism is not based on linear causality, as mechanistic thought is; rather, it is based on circular causality.
To finish (with)
To finish (with); lastly (in the present).
- Finally, I washed my dog.
- Finally, I'd like to thanks all the people who helped to make it this far.
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Definitively, comprehensively.
- The question of his long-term success has now been finally settled.
The neighborhood
- synonymeventually
- synonymfinally
- synonymfor good
- synonymfor good and all
- synonymin conclusion
- synonymin fine
- synonymin the end
- synonymat the last
- synonymlastly
- synonymonce and for all
- synonymultimately
- antonyminitially
- antonymmedially
- neighborfinish
- neighborin summary
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at finally. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at finally. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at finally
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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