Meanings
- not comparablesequenceUsed to mark the beginning of the last in a list of items or propositions.
Firstly, that's illegal; secondly, it has serious disadvantages; thirdly, it's not necessary; and lastly, did I mention that it's illegal?
Synonyms: finally, finally, to conclude, to sum up, in conclusion, ultimately, in the end, all in all
- not comparablediscourse markerUsed to signal that the speaker is about to yield control of the conversation.
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbUsed to mark the beginning of the last in a list of items or propositions.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbthe item at the end
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian накрая, последно
- накрая (nakraja)sequence
- последно (posledno)sequence
- в заключение (v zaključenie)discourse marker
Finnish viimeiseksi, lopuksi
- viimeiseksisequence
- lopuksisequence
French finalement
- finalementdiscourse marker
Italian alla fine, in ultimo
- alla finesequence
- in ultimosequence
Japanese 最後に, 最後に
- 最後に (saigo-ni)sequence
- 最後に (saigo-ni)discourse marker
- 終わりに (owari-ni)discourse marker
Latin postrēmō
- postrēmōsequence
Spanish postreramente, postrimeramente
- postreramentesequence
- postrimeramentesequence
- postremamentesequence
- postremeramentesequence
Swedish avslutningsvis
- avslutningsvisdiscourse marker
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
lastly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lastly
“lastly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lastly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lastly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lastly.
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