Ulterior - Definition
ulterior
adj 1: 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 [syn: subterranean, subterraneous,
ulterior]
2: 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
3: coming at a subsequent time or stage; "without ulterior
argument"; "the mood posterior to" [syn: later(a),
ulterior, posterior]