eventually

English

Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#EVENTUALLYCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷem-#EVENTUALLY

From eventual + -lyCategory:English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)#EVENTUALLY. The third sense is influenced by any of several European languages, including Czech eventuálně, French éventuellement, Swedish eventuellt.

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Adverb

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  1. In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.
    She didn't arrive. Eventually, we started without her.Category:English terms with usage examples#EVENTUALLY
    He hopes eventually to attend nursing school.Category:English terms with usage examples#EVENTUALLY
    • 1955 January, Charles E. Lee, “The Glasgow Underground Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 24:
      Eventually, the railway opened on Monday, December 14, 1896, with a universal fare of 1d. collected at the turnstiles, and conditions were immediately chaotic, as many passengers travelled round and round, and refused to leave the cars.
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    • 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:
      It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush.
      Category:English terms with quotations#EVENTUALLY
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    • 2024 November 9, Nick Paton Walsh, “Trump’s second term could bring chaos around the world. Will it work?”, in CNN:
      President Volodymyr Zelensky has known the day would come when the idea of another “forever war” became unappealing to NATO, and the world’s largest military alliance eventually sought to wind down its involvement.
      Category:English terms with quotations#EVENTUALLY
  2. (mathematicsCategory:en:Mathematics#EVENTUALLY, of a sequence) For some tail; for all terms beyond some term; with only finitely many exceptions.
    Eventually, all prime numbers are odd.Category:English terms with usage examples#EVENTUALLY
  3. (proscribedCategory:English proscribed terms#EVENTUALLY, non-native speakers' EnglishCategory:Non-native speakers' English#EVENTUALLY) Possibly, potentially, perhaps.
    I will come eventually, but haven't decided yet.Category:English terms with usage examples#EVENTUALLY

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