al fine

American

[al fee-nay, 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

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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 Margaret Fuller

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