Eventually
[ɪ'ventʃʊəlɪ] or [ɪ'vɛntʃuəli]
Definition
(adv.) In an eventual manner; finally; ultimately.
Inputed by Edgar
Examples
- The result of moisture in the interior of a magnet is to weaken the effectiveness of the installation, leading eventually to short circuits and burn-outs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- So that, eventually, there should be no more danger and so that the country should be a good place to live in. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I teach you a little each time I see you and eventually you will acquire an education. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You plan on having him come eventually? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Eventually, in the year 1869, the movement rather suddenly collapsed, although there have been sporadic outbreaks of the same sort since that date. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The imitation of the action of horses' hoofs was one of the means attempted, but such additional aids were eventually found to be of no avail, and were discontinued. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Every variety of haying machine, from side-delivery rake and tedder to sweep rake and loader, came eventually to make hay-making easy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- You would have to do something eventually. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The alarm, however, was given, and, by the aid of the water-police, the body was eventually recovered. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I must go down eventually to certain death before them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He received other contracts, and eventually the national government came to rely upon his factory for a large part of its war supplies. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- While there she had met a young man named Harold Latimer, who had acquired an ascendancy over her and had eventually persuaded her to fly with him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I mean eventually. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Eventually they turned you loose and you were on your way. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Some of these travel hundreds of miles, but nearly all are eventually found and returned. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He had the advice of an eminent oculist; and he eventually recovered the sight of that one eye. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- As we were to learn later, this precaution saved us from dire predicament, and was eventually the means of our salvation. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- There were volumes of innuendo in the way the eventually was spaced, and each syllable given its due stress. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The door had eventually to be opened by a locksmith from Aldershot. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Benjamin, born at Boston, twenty-one years after his father's emigration, was the youngest of ten sons, all of whom wer e eventually apprenticed to trades. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- And if you extend along a flank, any flank, it eventually becomes one man. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Anyhow, he--eventually--married her. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The former it was who eventually broke the silence. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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