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ulterior

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ulterior in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. coming at a subsequent time or stage
    "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to"
    later  ulterior  posterior 
  2. 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 
  3. 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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