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[ adverb ] within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time
Synonyms Examples "he will understand eventually" "he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves" "sooner or later you will have to face the facts" "in time they came to accept the harsh reality" Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)Eventually the class will be able to kick up high enough so_that the teacher can catch the leading leg . (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)Apparently the population as_a_whole eventually acquires enough confidence in the explanations of the scientists to modify its procedures and its fears . (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)As a result , the proportion of males ( which leave the nest ) increases , and eventually the old colony will die_out completely . (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)Important as these differences are , they should not obscure the basic fact that by shifting the hypothalamic balance sufficiently to the parasympathetic side , we produce depressions , whereas a shift in the opposite direction causes excitatory effects and , eventually , maniclike changes . (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)Service running through Barnumville and to Bennington_County towns east of the mountains was in the hands of the `` Gleason_Telephone_Company '' in 1925 , but major supervision of telephone_lines in Manchester was with the New_England_Telephone_and_Telegraph_Company , which eventually gained all control . |
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[ adverb ] after a long period of time or an especially long delay
Examples "at length they arrived" Used in print (Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)Eventually such incidents became more sporadic , and more sharply demarcated from her day-after-day behavior , and in one particular session , after several minutes of such behavior - which , as_usual , went_on without any accompanying words from her - she asked , eagerly , `` Did you see Granny '' ? Eventually it became clear to me , partly with the aid of another schizophrenic patient who could point_out my condescension to me somewhat more directly , that this man , with his condescending , `` You 're welcome '' , was very accurately personifying an element of obnoxious condescension which had been present in my own demeanor , over these months , on each of these occasions when I had bid him good-bye with the consoling note , each time , that the healing Christ would be stooping_to dispense this succor to the poor suffered again on the morrow . |
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