finally

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.