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

Word History and Origins

Origin of eventually¹

First recorded in 1650–60; eventual + -ly

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.

From Popular-Science

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.

From FiveThirtyEight

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

Shin eventually escaped North Korean captivity while in Vienna.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• finally
• in the course of time
• one day
• someday
• sooner or later
• ultimately