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finally
This adverb carries a strong sense of resolution or completion. When describing a long-awaited event, it often implies a feeling of relief or frustration, suggesting that the outcome was delayed or required significant effort to achieve.
In structured discourse, it serves as a discourse marker to signal the end of a sequence. In this role, it is typically placed at the beginning of a sentence and followed by a comma, distinguishing it from its use as a modifier of time or permanence.
Meanings
After a long time, a long delay, or a series of events.
They finally arrived at the hotel after ten hours of driving.
Used to introduce the last point in a list or the final step in a process.
Finally, I would like to thank my parents for their support.
In a way that is permanent, conclusive, or definitive.
The matter has been finally settled by the court.
Examples
I finally finished.
Finally, it is here.
He finally said yes.
We finally found the keys.
The rain finally stopped today.
I finally understood the lesson.
The detective finally found the clue.
Finally, add salt to the soup.
They finally confessed their love.
The treaty finally ended the war.
Finally, I apologize for the delay.
The board finally approved the merger.