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ɪˈvɛn tʃu ə lieven·tu·al·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. finally, eventuallyadverb

    after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay

Wiktionary

  1. eventuallyadverb

    In the end.

  2. eventuallyadverb

    (of a sequence) for some tail

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Eventuallyadverb

    In the event; in the last result; in the consequence.

    Etymology: from eventual.

    Hermione has but intentionally, not eventually, disobliged you; and hath made your flame a better return, by restoring you your own heart, than she could have done by exchanging her’s for it. Robert Boyle, Seraphick Love.

ChatGPT

  1. eventually

    Eventually, in general terms, refers to an unspecified time or point in the future, implying that something will occur or happen after a certain period of time, although the exact timing may not be specified or known. It signifies an eventual outcome or occurrence that is expected or anticipated to happen, but the timing may be variable or uncertain.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Eventuallyadverb

    in an eventual manner; finally; ultimately

Wikidata

  1. Eventually

    Eventually is the second solo album that Paul Westerberg released after the breakup of The Replacements. The album started out in Atlanta with producer Brendan O'Brien. Although those sessions produced good results—the leadoff single, "Love Untold", among them—Westerberg and O'Brien parted ways. O'Brien was pressed for time, and Westerberg needed more time to write enough songs to fill out a full album. Westerberg regrouped with Lou Giordano. The song "Good Day" was written for late Replacements guitarist Bob Stinson. It references "Hold My Life", a track from the album Tim.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'eventually' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1131

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'eventually' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1235

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'eventually' in Adverbs Frequency: #109

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of eventually in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of eventually in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of eventually in a Sentence

  1. Christian Yates:

    What we've been able to tease out from the mathematical model is it's not necessarily that these cells are migrating in a directed way, actually these cells are diffusing, there's no direction to their migration. It's like when you put a drop of milk into a cup of coffee that you haven't stirred. Eventually that milk will be spread evenly throughout your coffee, and these cells are doing the same sort of thing - they're moving in an undirected manner and eventually, slowly, they manage to fully colonize the skin of this animal.

  2. Gene Munster:

    Eventually the board will reload Elon's plan. And that plan will be massive, just like the last plan, elon thinks big, and he has massive new markets to go after and build large businesses including autonomy and robots.

  3. Wang Zhimin:

    If we indulge crimes and breaches of the law, even whitewash, exonerate or give them support, that would be a blatant challenge to the rule of law in Hong Kong, which will eventually hurt the interest of all the Hong Kong people, hence, the central government firmly supports Chief Executive Carrie Lam and the Special Administrative Region government continue to govern effectively and actively make a difference in accordance with the law, firmly supports Hong Kong Police to do their duties in accordance with the law.

  4. Dale Fisher:

    I'd be pretty confident though that eventually every country will have a case.

  5. Tristain Shury:

    You only live once, so enjoy life as it comes to you. Whether good or bad, accept each moment for what it is. Everything happens for a reason. You may not fully see the logics behind certain presently, but you will eventually. Focus on the things that you can control. Some things may not be a part of your plan, but it's a part of God's plan.

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