资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Eventtual \E*vent"tu*al\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]ventiel. See {Event}.]
   1. Coming or happening as a consequence or result;
      consequential. --Burke.

   2. Final; ultimate. ``Eventual success.'' --Cooper.

   3. (Law) Dependent on events; contingent. --Marshall.