eventually

adverb

even·​tu·​al·​ly i-ˈven(t)-sh(ə-)wə-lē How to pronounce eventually (audio)
-ˈven-chə-lē,
-chü-ə-lē How to pronounce eventually (audio)
Synonyms of eventuallynext
: at an unspecified later time : in the end

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Eventually, I did get better and returned to work. I am sure that we'll succeed eventually. Her constant campaigning eventually got her the nomination. This plant eventually reaches a height of 15 feet.
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For large portion of this year, Pope Francis resided at Rome's Gemelli University Hospital due to a litany of health issues, including bilateral pneumonia, before eventually succumbing to a stroke and irreversible heart failure. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025 In the Vice President’s telling, love emanates in concentric circles, beginning with those closest to us and eventually to the rest of the world. — Randall Balmer, Time, 21 Apr. 2025 Kent Nishimura | Reuters Trump tariffs push Asian trade partners to weigh investing in massive Alaska energy project Alaska has long sought to build an 800-mile pipeline that would eventually cool gas into liquid for export to Asia. — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025 As my colleague Matteo Wong explained last summer, Silicon Valley has undertaken a trillion-dollar leap of faith, on track to spend more on AI than what NASA spent on the Apollo space missions, with the hope that eventually the investments will pay off. — Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for eventually

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First Known Use

1667, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of eventually was in 1667

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eventually

adverb
even·​tu·​al·​ly
i-ˈvench-(ə-)wəl-ē,
-ˈven-chəl-ē
: at some later time : in the end

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