- at the very end; finally
- (as sentence modifier) after a long time or long delay: eventually, he arrived
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e•ven•tu•al•ly
(i ven′cho̅o̅ ə lē),USA pronunciation adv.
- finally;
ultimately;
at some later time:Eventually we will own the house free and clear.
- eventual + -ly 1650–60
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eventually /ɪˈvɛntʃʊəlɪ/ adv
e•ven•tu•al /ɪˈvɛntʃuəl/USA pronunciation
adj. [before a noun]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- happening at some time in the future;
resulting;
ultimate: His mistakes led to his eventual dismissal.
e•ven•tu•al
(i ven′cho̅o̅ əl),USA pronunciation adj.
- happening at some indefinite future time or after a series of occurrences;
ultimate:His mistakes led to his eventual dismissal. - depending upon uncertain events;
contingent.
- Latin ēventu(s) event + -al1, modeled of French éventuel
- 1605–15
- 1. subsequent, consequent, later, resulting.
'eventually' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Absalom
- alienation
- Ark
- arrive
- Buckingham
- Burgundy
- burlesque
- by and by
- communism
- end up
- Epigoni
- ergotism
- heat death
- length
- Medusa
- Old High German
- pass off
- pemphigus
- planetesimal hypothesis
- Pole Star
- Scot
- Siegfried
- sink in
- sooner
- start out
- Stephen
- strangler
- supergiant
- time
- treasure hunt
- Watergate
- yet
- yield
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- blow
- bud
- chestnut blight
- compensatory lengthening
- converge
- course
- death wish
- diminishing returns
- dystrophic
- even
- finally
- gerontomorphosis
- heart
- horseless carriage
- Indian
- Louhi