in conclusion; finally
adverb
Lastly is defined as finally or happening after everything else.
The words you say before the last point mentioned in a speech is an example of lastly; "and lastly..."
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Adverb
(not comparable)
- (sequence) Used 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?
- (discourse marker) Used to signal that the speaker is about to yield control of the conversation.
Origin
From last +"Ž -ly.
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Sentence Examples
- Lastly, salts amount to 3.
- II, Method of Cunina; (a) the mouth arises, next the umbrella (b), and lastly the tentacles (c).
- Weismann.) I, Ideally primitive method of budding, in which the mouth is formed first (Ia), next the tentacles (Ib), and lastly the umbrella.
- The term morphology, which was introduced into science by Goethe (1817), designates, in the first place, the study of the form and composition of the body and of the parts of which the body may consist; secondly, the relations of the parts of the same body; thirdly, the comparison of the bodies or parts of the bodies of plants of different kinds; fourthly, the study of the development of the body and of its parts (ontogeny); fifthly, the investigation of the historical origin and descent of the body and its parts (phylogeny); and, lastly, the consideration of the relation of the parts of the body to their various functions, a study that is known as organography.
- The pectineal process is variable; it may grow entirely from the pubis, or both pubis and ilium partake of its formation, or lastly its pubic portion may be lost and the process is entirely formed by the ilium.
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