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List of meaning for ulterior

hidden or concealed

subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior(adj)

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

ulterior(adj)

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

later(a), ulterior, posterior(adj)

coming at a subsequent time or stage

"without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to"

occurring at a later time

were able to proceed without ulterior argument

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