eventuallyadverb
uk/ɪˈven.tʃu.ə.li/us/ɪˈven.tʃu.ə.li/B2 in the end, especially after a long time or a lot of effort, problems, etc.:
Although she had been ill for a long time, it still came as a shock when she eventually died.
It might take him ages but he'll do it eventually.
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- I found it hard to follow what the teacher was saying, and eventually I lost concentration.
- After years of abuse from her husband, she eventually found the courage to leave him.
- After a long search, they eventually found the missing papers.
- Keep trying and you'll find a job eventually.
- Her parents eventually relented and let her go to the party.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Final and finally
- antepenultimate
- as a last resort idiom
- at the end of the day idiom
- back end
- back end
- concluding
- conclusion
- end
- eventual
- final
- finally
- hear/see the last of sth idiom
- last
- lastly
- latest
- latter
- next to last
- the last but one idiom
- ultimately
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