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finitely

finitely

1 7.0
In a limited way that has an end
  • adverb
  • /ˈfɪnɪtli/
translation icon : finitamente
  • So back a few decades ago, we did know that if it wasn't true, there would be only finitely many exceptions.

If it wasn't true, there would be only finitely many exceptions.

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Examples

  • With a finite budget, we can only plan finitely for the event.

  • Why we call it a photon is because we have observed that under certain circumstances, we can finitely categorize certain types of events and associate them with things we call particles.

    Blog text (29)
  • What we need to do is get finitely many of these open balls for open cover.

  • Then, because it can only take finitely many values modulo n, there must be two the same.

    Blog text (31)
  • But at the end of the paper, he says, look, we've only had time to establish finitely many explicit conventions.

  • If it wasn't true, there would be only finitely many exceptions.

  • No finitely excited state of the harmonic oscillator or of particle physics can produce the loop result.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Coming back a little, within this 'uncertainty paradigm,' every decision can only be finitely informed; we can look at only so many options, so many possible futures or outcomes.

    Blog text (11)
  • For systems with finitely many states, these problems are decidable, i.e., can be solved by a computer in a finite number of steps, since they reduce to searches on finite graphs.

    Academic text (2010)
  • The project must be completed in finitely defined stages to stay on schedule.

Antonyms

62 4.8

To a very great degree without any limit

Surface Forms

finitely positive
finitelier comparative
finitest superlative

Morphology

finitely = finite (transparent) = finite + ly

The adverb is a regular derivation from the adjective 'finite' using the productive suffix '-ly', so its meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

Finitely comes from the Latin root finis meaning 'end' and is the -ly form of finite, the same root you see in final and finish. So, to do something finitely is to do it with a limit or an end, not forever.