ULTERIOR


Meaning of ULTERIOR in English

|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

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