finally

Etymology

From Middle English finally, fynaly, fynally, fynaliche, fynalliche, equivalent to final + -ly.

adv

1. At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
   The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.
2. (sequence) To finish (with); lastly (in the present).
   Finally, I washed my dog.
   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. 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, page 122
3. (manner) Definitively, comprehensively.
   The question of his long-term success has now been finally settled.