1. as the end result of a succession or process; - Example: "ultimately he had to give in" - Example: "at long last the winter was over" [syn: ultimately, finally, in the end, at last, at long last]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
at long last
adv 1: as the end result of a succession or process; "ultimately
he had to give in"; "at long last the winter was over"
[syn: ultimately, finally, in the end, at last,
at long last]