eventually

adverb

even·​tu·​al·​ly i-ˈven(t)-sh(ə-)wə-lē 

-ˈven-chə-lē,

-chü-ə-lē 

: at an unspecified later time : in the end

Synonyms

• finally
• someday
• ultimately
• soon
• sometime

Examples of eventually in a Sentence

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

The standoff lasted for hours, but eventually, at the request of then-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the military released Ovidio and left town. —Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025

The team is creating a digital record of every tribute over the next few weeks that will eventually be sent to Osbourne’s family. —Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025

Disagreements between white and Black participants about tactics and goals fractured the coalition and eventually SNCC itself. —Time, 7 Aug. 2025

The runoff from these surfaces often brings with it pollution that gets into storm drains and eventually ends up in lakes and other local waterways. —La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1667, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

eventually

adverb

even·​tu·​al·​ly

i-ˈvench-(ə-)wəl-ē,

-ˈven-chəl-ē

: at some later time : in the end