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Eventually vs Reluctantly - What's the difference?

eventually | reluctantly |

As adverbs the difference between eventually and reluctantly

is that eventually is in the end while reluctantly is in a reluctant or hesitant manner.

eventually

English

Adverb

(-)
  • 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

    reluctantly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a reluctant or hesitant manner.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=5 citation , passage=Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery.}}