finally

1. 1.

   after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay

   Synonymseventually
2. 2.

   as the end result of a succession or process

   “ultimately he had to give in”

   “at long last the winter was over”

   Synonymsultimatelyin the endat lastat long last
3. 3.

   the item at the end

   “last, I'll discuss family values”

   Synonymslastlastlyin conclusion

Questions about finally

What does finally mean?

finally means "after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in finally?

finally has 3 syllables: fi-nal-ly. The stress falls on "fi". In IPA it is /ˈfaɪnəli/.

What is another word for finally?

Close synonyms include eventually, ultimately, in the end, at last, at long last. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is finally a common word?

finally is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.