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Eventually vs Evidently - What's the difference?

eventually | evidently |

As adverbs the difference between eventually and evidently

is that eventually is in the end while evidently is (obsolete)  in such a way as to be clearly visible or manifest; distinctly, clearly.

eventually

English

Adverb

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  • In the end.
  • * 2004 , , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage ,
    • 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.
  • (mathematics, of a sequence) For some tail.

    • Synonyms

    * at last * finally * yet * ultimately * in the end

    See also

    * frequently

    See also

    * sooner or later

    evidently

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete)  In such a way as to be clearly visible or manifest; distinctly, clearly.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts X:
    • The same man sawe in a vysion evydently aboute the nynthe houre of the daye the angell of god commynge in unto hym [...].
  • In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously, as may be clearly inferred.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}

    Derived terms

    * self-evidently