eventually

Etymology

From eventual + -ly. The third sense is influenced by any of several European languages, including Czech eventuálně, Swedish eventuellt.

adv

1. In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.
   Everyone's true colors will be revealed eventually.
   It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush. 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
2. (mathematics, of a sequence) For some tail; for all terms beyond some term; with only finitely many exceptions.
   Eventually, all prime numbers are odd.
3. (proscribed, non-native speakers' English) Possibly, potentially, perhaps
   I will come eventually, but haven't decided yet.