enfin
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of enfin
Literally, “in (the) end”
Example Sentences
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Dec 1st 2012 7:56 GMT La.verite, enfin: You finally come to the point.
From Economist ● Nov. 27, 2012
Consider this dog of great elan, of impeccable manner, of ton, enfin of a certain majesty.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
Fancy the Frenchmen's astonishment as I read, and their placid amusement as I attempted to point out that it was "meant drolly—that enfin you were a mystificateur!"
From The Gentle Art of Making Enemies by James McNeill Whistler
C'est un monstre; et enfin what is Lebyadkin?
From The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
But, enfin, the world is full of just such markings, which may have had one meaning here, another there, or may have been purely decorative.
From The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore by Andrew Lang
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