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单词 eventually
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eventuallyadv.

Brit. /ᵻˈvɛn(t)ʃʊəli/, /ᵻˈvɛn(t)ʃᵿli/, /ᵻˈvɛn(t)ʃl̩i/, U.S. /əˈvɛn(t)ʃəli/, /əˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ə)wəli/, /iˈvɛn(t)ʃəli/, /iˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ə)wəli/
Forms: see eventual adj. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: eventual adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < eventual adj. + -ly suffix2.
1. With regard to or in terms of the outcome; unintentionally; incidentally. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adverb]
soothlyc825
welleOE
then971
alsoOE
thusc1175
followinglya1382
suinglya1382
hereuponc1385
effectuallya1398
thereforea1400
therewithc1450
pursuantly1530
consequently?1531
thereupon1534
hence?1535
accordingly1555
presently1580
by consequence1581
hereat1586
eventually1614
porismatically1646
consequentially1656
resultatively1657
pursuant1659
consecutivelya1691
in consequence1775
resultingly1840
propter hoc1844
resultantly1864
1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket iv. 162 Death cannot be euentually hurtfull to the good; for it no sooner takes away the temporall life, but Christ giues eternall in the roome of it.
1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God 2 I..think that Hermione has but intentionally, not eventually disobliged you.
1672 T. Crane Isagoge ad Dei Providentiam iv. 201 We may distinguish Friends into intentional ones, and eventual ones. Joseph's Brethren acted as enemies; and whilst they thus act, they are eventually, as the Lord over-ruleth, his friends.
1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino Pref. p. xiii King James was not deposed by those, otherwise than eventually; these were the Causes of all this.
1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. ix. 164 Other Vices eventually do Mischief: This alone aims at it as an End.
1800 J. Robertson Lay-preaching Indefensible on Script. Princ. 24 That work..may have, eventually, or designedly, prepared the way for a new Sect in the land.
1982 Afr. Econ. Hist. 11 137 They used the occasion to gain control of Damergu for themselves,..intentionally or eventually making this the granary that was to feed the salt expeditions.
2. In the end, finally, ultimately.Now the usual sense.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [adverb]
afinec1325
finallyc1374
conclusively1638
ad extremum1640
eventually1667
last1667
1667 R. Baxter Reasons Christian Relig. Conclusion xii. 555 If by [corruptible] you mean..that which eventually will perish, then we must not so easily dismiss you.
a1680 J. Glanvill Serm. (1681) i. 80 If one that shall eventually be shut out, may do all this, what shall become of the generality of Religious men that never do so much?
1766 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 3/1 An indulgence likewise now first granted, became eventually no inconsiderable burthen to them.
1797 E. M. Lomax Philanthrope xxxv. 278 Seneca..endeavoured to employ every day of his life as if it eventually might be his last.
1843 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. x. 179 Absentees..will doubtless eventually disappear from Ireland.
1879 R. A. Proctor Pleasant Ways Sci. v. 122 This line eventually became the brightest line of the whole spectrum.
1949 K. Williams Diary 2 Mar. (1993) 39 After all, if they want me enough, they'll get me eventually, won't they?
1974 S. Clapham Greenhouse Bk. viii. 66 Eventually the foliage becomes a blotchy yellow and the plant collapses and dies.
2015 E. Wood My Secret Rockstar Boyfriend 252 By the time the bus eventually turns up..we kind of hate each other.
3.
a. In order to provide against an eventuality; in conditional terms. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb]
conditionlyc1380
conditionally1483
qualifiedly1598
sub modo1600
contingently1657
subject1722
eventually1746
in a sort of way1802
qualifyingly1829
1746 London Gaz. No. 8536 The Inundations at Lillo, Bergen-op-zoom and Bolduc are already formed, and one eventually ordered at Heusden, if judged necessary by the General.
1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 2 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1414 So many of my letters have miscarried..that I am forced to repeat the same thing over and over again eventually.
1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob of Arcot's Private Debts 59 Not conditionally and eventually, but positively and authoritatively.
b. In a manner dependent on events. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [adverb] > that will arise in a particular contingency
eventuallya1754
a1754 H. Fielding Jrnl. Voy. Lisbon (1755) 142 They..may be compelled to satisfy the losses which are eventually incident..out of their own private fortunes.
1830 J. Foster Let. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 164 Some eventually possible inconvenience to our trade.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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