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View synonyms for eventually

eventually

[ ih-ven-choo-uh-lee ]

adverb

  1. finally; ultimately; at some later time:

    Eventually we will own the house free and clear.



eventually

/ ɪˈvɛntʃʊəlɪ /

adverb

  1. at the very end; finally
  2. as sentence modifier after a long time or long delay

    eventually, he arrived

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of eventually1

First recorded in 1650–60; eventual + -ly
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Example Sentences

Anderson marketed the product to Midwestern investors who bought into the idea, but eventually sold their shares to Quaker, a Midwestern company better known for its oats.

From Eater

The cable will eventually wear out and break, and you better hope you have enough left to extract the ATV after you re-attach your hook to what’s left.

It was then adapted into a script by the following February before it was eventually filmed.

From Fortune

With Arctaris’s funding, however, the company opened a Detroit office and eventually hired 52 full-time equivalent employees in that Opportunity Zone.

From Fortune

Davies and his mates would run up to the top of the hill and perform 20 situps and pushups before eventually running back down.

The Supreme Court eventually stepped in and ended legal segregation in the landmark 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education.

Eventually Morrow was released with no money, vehicle, or phone.

Eventually, she did—more or less—reinventing herself as Nicki Minaj and becoming a platinum-selling hip-hop superstar.

Shin eventually escaped North Korean captivity while in Vienna.

Eventually, DeCrow and Seidenberg filed suit against the East Village mainstay.

At last Aristide fed him desperately, dandled him eventually to sleep, and returned to an excited pillow.

Masters and I arranged to come home together and eventually reached Cape Town.

But if the "great public" will only tolerate one as a pupil long enough, eventually, one must succeed.

There is much controversy as to whether stop-keys will eventually displace the older fashioned draw-knobs.

The place was then attacked by an armed force, without result, but eventually the natives allowed the women to be taken away.

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