finally

UK /ˈfaɪ.nə.li/ US /ˈfaɪ.nə.li/
adv 4

Definitions

adv

1

At the end or conclusion; ultimately.

The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.

2

At bottom; ultimately; when all is considered.

In a world in which "like singing,/ the next day's shriek for ease rises," in a world whose "survivors" are "capable of any cry, never done/ clasping in the city's shaken places," it is perhaps not surprising to find a dehumanizing but finally protective system of alienation imposing itself.

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.

3

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.

4

Definitively, comprehensively.

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

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