Finalement, adv : eventually, in the end, when all is said and done.

The French word « finalement » looks a lot like the English word “finally.”

The most common meaning of “finally” in English is “at last.”

In French, « finalement » typically means eventually, in the end, when all is said and done.

Finalement, il a compris les resultats.
Eventually, he understood the results.

Malheureusement, tous leurs efforts n’auront finalement servi à rien.
Unfortunately, in the end, all their efforts came to nothing.