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Meanings of ulterior in English
Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed).
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Usage of ulterior in English
1
He wondered if sleeping with her would change that ulterior agenda thing.
2
It seeks its own principally, yet is generous in the ulterior aim.
3
He had an ulterior motive for strumming fragments of songs, of course.
4
So yes, I guess you could say I had an ulterior motive.
5
I speak with ulterior views; for there is more in Gray's cellar.
6
No ulterior object has ever been present to me in this pursuit.
7
Lorraine shot him a look, but his expression belied no ulterior message.
8
Everything that Mary says to the Bertrams is with an ulterior purpose.
9
It was with an ulterior, a selfish, a wicked end in view.
10
She couldn't quite shake the suspicion that he had some ulterior motive.
11
Unless she has some ulterior motive, I don't understand why she didn't.
12
On this subject we have no ulterior views and no concealed objects.
13
And don't be fooled: everything that woman does has an ulterior motive.
14
Now he was going to do so, but with an ulterior motive.
15
But I also have an ulterior motive-I laughed at Jacob's expression.
16
They weren't doing it to become famous, there were no ulterior motives.
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Ulterior across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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