Ulterior

[Ul*te·ri*or]

An ulterior interest, argument, or revelation is one you try to keep hidden, like your ulterior motive for weeding your grandmother's garden is to have a conversation with your crush and Grandma's neighbor who happens to be outside, too.

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Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither.

Adjective S.
coming at a subsequent time or stage; "the future president entered college at the age of 16"; "awaiting future actions on the bill"; "later developments"; "without ulterior argument"

Adjective S.
beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote; "a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"; "without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"- G.B.Shaw

Adjective S.
lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed); "subterranean motives for murder"; "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell


a.
Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither.

a.
Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain.

n.
Ulterior side or part.


Ulterior

Ul*te"ri*or , a. [L., comp. of ultra, ultro, beyond, on the other side, properly cases of an old adjective, formed with a comparative suffix, which is akin to OL. uls beyond, L. olim formerly, hereafter, orig., at that time, ille that, OL. olle, ollus. Cf. Outrage.] 1. Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither. 2. Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain. Ulterior object ∨ aim, an object or aim beyond that which is avowed.

Ulterior

Ul*te"ri*or, n. Ulterior side or part. [R.] Coleridge.

Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither.

Ulterior side or part.

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Usage Examples

My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions.

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