finallyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音, 米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪ.nə.li/, /ˈfaɪn.li/
• 韻: (Received 発音) -aɪnəli
• Homophone: finely (some 米国発音 dialects)

副詞

finally (not comparable)

1. At the end or conclusion; ultimately.

   The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.

   Synonyms: eventually, in the end; see also Thesaurus:finally

   Antonym: initially

2. (sequence) To finish (with); lastly (in the present).
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:

     I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.

   • 1967, Sleigh, Barbara, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 122:

     At any other time Jessamy would have laughed at the expressions that chased each other over his freckled face: crossness left over from his struggle with the baby; incredulity; distress; and finally delight.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:finally.

   Finally, I washed my dog.

   Synonyms: at last, at length, endly; see also Thesaurus:lastly

3. (manner) Definitively, comprehensively.

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

   Synonyms: completely, thoroughly, totally; see also Thesaurus:completely

派生語

• and finally