at last

English

at last

(idiomatic) After a long time; eventually.
Now that the dog has stopped barking, perhaps we can at last get some rest.
After three hundred years had passed, at last the vampire's soul was free.
(idiomatic) In the end; finally; ultimately.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], OCLC 228727523:
  Upon balancing the account, the profit at last will hardly countervail the inconveniences that go along with it.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698, page 46:
  No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or […] . And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 6, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
  She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
After all their troubles, at last they lived happily ever after.
After exhausting all possibilities, Holmes was at last satisfied the problem was unsolvable.

(after a long time): in due course, sooner or later; see also Thesaurus:eventually
(in the end): lastly, ultimately; see also Thesaurus:finally

after a long time; eventually

Arabic: أَخِيرًا‎ (ʾaḵīran)
Armenian: վերջապես (hy) (verǰapes)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 終於／终于 (zh) (zhōngyú)
Czech: konečně (cs)
Dutch: eindelijk (nl)
Esperanto: finfine
Finnish: lopulta (fi), vihdoin (fi)
French: enfin (fr)
Georgian: ბოლოს და ბოლოს (bolos da bolos), საბოლოოდ (sabolood), როგორც იქნა (rogorc ikna)
German: endlich (de)
Greek: επιτέλους (el) (epitélous)
Hungarian: végre (hu), végre-valahára
Interlingua: finalmente
Irish: faoi dheireadh
Italian: finalmente (it)
Japanese: 遂に (ja) (ついに, tsui ni), 等々 (とうとう, tōtō)
Latin: dēmum, tandem
Malay: akhirnya (ms)
Malayalam: ഒടുവിൽ (ml) (oṭuvil)
Navajo: hónáásiiʼ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: endelig (no)
Polish: wreszcie (pl), nareszcie (pl), w końcu (pl)
Portuguese: finalmente (pt)
Russian: наконе́ц (ru) (nakonéc), наконе́ц-то (ru) (nakonéc-to) (with exasperation)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на̏јзад
Roman: nȁjzad (sh)
Spanish: por fin, al fin
Swedish: slutligen (sv), äntligen (sv) (about outcome one has looked forward to)
Tagalog: sa wakas
Tocharian B: akek
Ukrainian: нарешті (uk) (narešti)
Welsh: o'r diwedd (cy)

in the end; finally; ultimately

Arabic: أخيراً‎ (axiiran)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 最終／最终 (zh) (zuìzhōng), 最後／最后 (zh) (zuìhòu)
Comanche: haya kwasikʉ
Czech: nakonec (cs)
Dalmatian: fenalmiant
Dutch: uiteindelijk (nl)
Esperanto: fine (eo)
Finnish: lopulta (fi)
French: à la fin (fr), au bout du compte (fr), finalement (fr)
Georgian: საბოლოოდ (sabolood), ბოლოს (bolos)
German: schließlich (de)
Hindi: आख़िर (āxir)
Hungarian: végül (hu)
Interlingua: finalmente
Irish: faoi dheireadh, i ndeireadh na dála
Japanese: 終わりに (ja) (owari ni), 最終的に (ja) (saishūteki ni), 最後に (ja) (saigo ni)
Latin: tandem
Malayalam: ഒടുവിൽ (ml) (oṭuvil)
Plautdietsch: entlich
Portuguese: por fim
Russian: напосле́док (ru) (naposlédok), наконе́ц (ru) (nakonéc), в конце концов (ru) (v konce koncov)
Spanish: al fin, por fin, al cabo
Swedish: till slut (sv), slutligen (sv)
Tagalog: sa wakas
Turkish: sonunda (tr), nihayet (tr)
Urdu: آخر‎ (ur) (āxir)