al fine

American

[al fee-ney, ahl fee-ne] / æl ˈfi neɪ, ɑl ˈfi nɛ /

adverb

Music.

to the end (a direction, as after a da capo or dal segno, to continue to fine, the indicated end).

Etymology

Origin of al fine

From Italian

Example Sentences

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The agonizing rapidity with which her misery "va camminando al fine"!

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret

Menizzi Delle monete de' Veneziani dal principio al fine della loro repubblica.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

Perchè tu se' de' tuo' servi pietosa, Con dolce rime, e stil grato e soave, Ajuta i versi miei benignamente, E'nsino al fine allumina la mente.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

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