ulterior
Common misspellings:
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- ultiria (2.9%)
- alterier (1.4%)
- alterior (84.1%)
- ulteria (2.9%)
- ulteriour (2.9%)
- ulteior (2.9%)
- ultierior (2.9%)
Usage examples for ulterior:
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It is further interesting as a pure case of naval defence, with no ulterior object other than control of home waters.
"Some Principles of Maritime Strategy" – Julian Stafford Corbett -
" I confess I couldn't believe that there wasn't an ulterior motive," he said honestly.
"An Alabaster Box" – Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Florence Morse Kingsley -
It is difficult to persuade them that the government has interfered in their behalf simply with a view to their welfare; they imagine that we have some ulterior object in their release; and many have a strong suspicion that they may at some future time be transported to some distant country and sold.
"Ismailia" – Samuel W. Baker -
The men I mean are innocent of any ulterior motive: they prefer a lie to truth, simply on its own merits; they like lying, it is their favorite occupation; there is no necessity in the case.
"The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece" – Various