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ulterior in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- coming at a subsequent time or stage
"without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to"
later ulterior posterior
- 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
subterranean subterraneous ulterior
- 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
ulterior
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