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fi·nal·i·ty  (f-nl-t, f-)
n. pl. fi·nal·i·ties
1. The condition or fact of being final.
2. A final, conclusive, or decisive act or utterance.
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Noun1.finality - the quality of being final or definitely settled; "the finality of death"
definiteness, determinateness - the quality of being predictable with great confidence

finality
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Spanish finality [faɪˈnælɪtɪ] nfinalidad f;
with an air of finality → en tono resuelto, de modo terminante

German finality [faɪˈnælɪtɪ] final nEndgültigkeit f;
with an air of finality final → mit Bestimmtheit

Italian finality [faɪˈnælɪtɪ] nirrevocabilità;
with an air of finality → con risolutezza

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The menace of the "overdue" and the finality of "missing" come very quickly to steamers whose life, fed on coals and breathing the black breath of smoke into the air, goes on in disregard of wind and wave.
To be a great lover is to be a great mystic, since in the highest conception of mortal beauty that the mind can form there lies always the unattainable, the unpossessed, suggesting the world of beauty and finality beyond our mortal reach.
The finality in his tone seemed to assure Lady Greystoke that further argument was futile, and so she abandoned the subject.
 
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