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All at long last synonyms

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adv at long last

  • ultimately — last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series: the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats.
  • already — You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.
  • belatedly — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
  • someday — at an indefinite future time.
  • sooner or later — within a short period after this or that time, event, etc.: We shall know soon after he calls.
  • subsequently — occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to): subsequent events; Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
  • yet — at the present time; now: Don't go yet. Are they here yet?
  • finally — at the final point or moment; in the end.
  • basically — You use basically for emphasis when you are stating an opinion, or when you are making an important statement about something.
  • lastly — in conclusion; in the last place; finally.
  • sometime — at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time: He will arrive sometime next week.
  • tardily — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
  • after a while — some time later
  • after all — You use after all when introducing a statement which supports or helps explain something you have just said.
  • at last — If you say that something has happened at last or at long last you mean it has happened after you have been hoping for it for a long time.
  • at length — If someone does something at length, they do it after a long period of time.
  • in the long run — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • conclusively — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.
  • in the end — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
  • it's about time — (Idiomatic) (sarcastic) Used to express impatience at the eventual occurrence of something that the speaker or writer considered to be long overdue.
  • fundamentally — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
  • hereafter — after this in time or order; at some future time; farther along.
  • presently — in a little while; soon: They will be here presently.
  • somewhere — in or at some place not specified, determined, or known: They live somewhere in Michigan.
  • by and by — presently or eventually
  • climactic — A climactic moment in a story or a series of events is one in which a very exciting or important event occurs.
  • sequentially — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
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