What is the meaning of ulterior?

adjective

  • 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
  • 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
  • Coming at a subsequent time or stage.
    • usage: "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to"
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