"lastly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈlɑːstli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlæstli/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lastly.wav
enPR: lästʹlē [Received-Pronunciation], lăstʹlē [General-American] Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːstli, (General American) -æstli Etymology: From last + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|last|ly}} last + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} lastly (not comparable)
  1. (sequence) Used to mark the beginning of the last in a list of items or propositions. Tags: not-comparable, sequence Synonyms (last in order): finally Translations (sequence): накрая (nakraja) (Bulgarian), последно (posledno) (Bulgarian), viimeiseksi (Finnish), lopuksi (Finnish), alla fine (Italian), in ultimo (Italian), 最後に (saigo-ni) (alt: さいごに) (Japanese), postrēmō (Latin), postreramente (Spanish), postrimeramente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lastly-en-adv-NvQTbCM7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'last in order': 58 42 Disambiguation of 'sequence': 100 0
  2. (discourse marker) Used to signal that the speaker is about to yield control of the conversation. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-lastly-en-adv-Jeq51wwd Categories (other): English discourse markers, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English discourse markers: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 38 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: :Category:English sequence adverbs Translations (discourse marker): в заключение (v zaključenie) (Bulgarian), finalement (French), 最後に (saigo-ni) (alt: さいごに) (Japanese), 終わりに (owari-ni) (alt: おわりに) (Japanese), konačno (Serbo-Croatian), najzad (Serbo-Croatian), avslutningsvis (Swedish)
Synonyms: last, last of all, at length, endly [rare], lastly Synonyms (discourse marker): finally, to conclude, to sum up, in conclusion, ultimately, in the end, all in all, at last, last but not least Disambiguation of 'discourse marker': 45 55 Disambiguation of 'discourse marker': 45 55
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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      "sense": "discourse marker",
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      "sense": "discourse marker",
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      "sense": "discourse marker",
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      "sense": "discourse marker",
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    {
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nakraja",
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      "word": "накрая"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "posledno",
      "sense": "sequence",
      "word": "последно"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "sequence",
      "word": "viimeiseksi"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sequence",
      "word": "lopuksi"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sequence",
      "word": "alla fine"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sequence",
      "word": "in ultimo"
    },
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      "alt": "さいごに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saigo-ni",
      "sense": "sequence",
      "word": "最後に"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "sequence",
      "word": "postrēmō"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sequence",
      "word": "postreramente"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sequence",
      "word": "postrimeramente"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "v zaključenie",
      "sense": "discourse marker",
      "word": "в заключение"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "discourse marker",
      "word": "finalement"
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      "alt": "さいごに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saigo-ni",
      "sense": "discourse marker",
      "word": "最後に"
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      "alt": "おわりに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "owari-ni",
      "sense": "discourse marker",
      "word": "終わりに"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "discourse marker",
      "word": "konačno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "discourse marker",
      "word": "najzad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "discourse marker",
      "word": "avslutningsvis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lastly"
}

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