|əl|tirēə(r), -tēr- adjective
Etymology: Latin, situated beyond, farther, further, compar. of (assumed) ulter situated beyond (whence ultra beyond, adverb & preposition), from uls beyond (preposition) — more at all
1.
a. : occurring at a subsequent time : further , future
ulterior actions
without ulterior argument
b. : more distant : remoter
without … any purpose, immediate or ulterior — G.B.Shaw
ulterior reasons
c. : situated on the further side : thither
ulterior regions
2. : going beyond what is avowed, manifest, or proper : not apparent : hidden , latent
eyes … with no ulterior thought behind — Gilbert Parker
look too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge — Bertrand Russell
not a line in the book without an ulterior motive — A.J.A.Waldock
• ul·te·ri·or·ly adverb