and finally
and finally noun: a light news story reserved for the end of a bulletin when there is a lack of more important items; typically involving animals or other features supposed to be amusing.
Noun
and finally (plural and finallies)
- A light news story reserved for the end of a bulletin when there is a lack of more important items; typically involving animals or other features supposed to be amusing.
- All this was broadcast on the evening of 23 February 1956, and it's the earliest surviving example of an Independent Television News bulletin. Even then, there was an ‘And finally...’ item, but on this occasion it was merely the good news that a thaw was on the way.2005 December 26, Raymond Snoddy, The Independent
- The best ‘and finallies’ of 2005.2006, BBC News website, headline, 1 January
Forms of and finally
| plural | and finallies |
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Origin of and finally
From a newsreader's standard introduction to such pieces, which typically come at the end of a news bulletin.
Questions about and finally
- What does and finally mean?
- And finally means a light news story reserved for the end of a bulletin when there is a lack of more important items; typically involving animals or other features supposed to be amusing.
- What part of speech is and finally?
- And finally is a noun.
- What is the plural of and finally?
- The plural of and finally is and finallies.
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