单词 | eventually |
释义 | eventuallyadv. 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. 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). < adv.1614 |
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