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How to spell eventually

What it means: after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay

In a sentence: Eventually, the little seed grew into a big, strong tree. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double l, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as eventualy or eventully.

Same family: event, events, eventual, eventuality. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Eventually” comes from the noun “event,” which traces back to Latin ‘eventus,’ meaning ‘outcome’ or ‘result.’ Over time, English speakers began using “eventually” to talk about what happens in the end, after some time has passed.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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