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al fine

[al fee-ney, ahl fee-ne]

adverb

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



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Word History and Origins

Origin of al fine1

From Italian
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Example Sentences

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

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Per mesme le reason qe vous luy purrets retenir tanque al' fine de terme, si poit un autre: et sic de singulis, et sic in infinitum: issint le Seignour ouste de soun villein a toujours, et ce ne seroit pas reason.

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

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Ha quanti il Cielo, ha quanti Iddii la Terra e l' Onda al parer vostro; Ma Dio solo � quell' un che il sommo chiostro Alberga in mezzo a mille Angeli santi, A cui sol giunte avanti Posan le pellegrine E stanche anime al fine, al fin del giorno, Tutto allegrando il Ciel del suo ritorno.

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After that lively evening followed three dull days, consisting of a solitary forenoon, an afternoon walk through the squares, dinner, backgammon, and bed; the next morning, de capo al fine, and so on; a dance of existence as monotonous as that of the spheres, and not half so musical.

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