lastly
adverb
Everyday
Lastly means at the end, after everything else; it introduces the last thing in a list. tree →
In the lessons
in stories it marks the last event or person in a sequence, as in «Lastly, there came …»; in speech it introduces the final point
Examples
- First we ate, then we sang, and lastly we went home. tree →
- Lastly, there came the two sons of the sick man. tree →
- Lastly he said, 'Well, Jack my Hedgehog, and what shall I bring you?' tree →
Note
nothing for maths; it only names the last item of a list and does not change a count.
In Jewish tradition
in stories it marks the last event or person in a sequence, as in «Lastly, there came …»; in speech it introduces the final point
Examples
- Air, Vayu ; then Water, Apas, which condenses into solid elementary Earth, Prithivi ; and lastly from the Water He formed Fire. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- must not be confused with Zain, Z ; and lastly Qoph, Q is very often replaced by K, which is hardly defensible as there is a true K in addition. ' 44. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
Note
nothing for maths; it only names the last item of a list and does not change a count.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «lastly» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «lastly» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «lastly» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «lastly» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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