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Finitely

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fi·nite  (fnt)
adj.
1.
a. Having bounds; limited: a finite list of choices; our finite fossil fuel reserves.
b. Existing, persisting, or enduring for a limited time only; impermanent.
2. Mathematics
a. Being neither infinite nor infinitesimal.
b. Having a positive or negative numerical value; not zero.
c. Possible to reach or exceed by counting. Used of a number.
d. Having a limited number of elements. Used of a set.
3. Grammar Of or relating to any of the forms of a verb that can occur on their own in a main clause and that can formally express distinctions in person, number, tense, mood, and voice, often by means of conjugation, as the verb sees in She sees the sign.
n.
A finite thing.

[Middle English finit, from Latin fntus, past participle of fnre, to limit, from fnis, end.]

finitely adv.
finiteness n.
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Adv.1.finitely - with a finite limit; "there are finitely many solutions to this problem"
endlessly, infinitely - continuing forever without end; "there are infinitely many possibilities"


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It seems to me that all my life before that momentous day is in- finitely remote, a fading memory of light-hearted youth, something on the other side of a shadow.
 
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