Adjective: ulterior úl'teer-ee-u(r)
- Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
"looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge";
- subterranean, subterraneous
- Beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote
"a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"; "without … any purpose, immediate or ulterior"
- Coming at a subsequent time or stage
"without ulterior argument";
- later, posterior
See also: covert, distant, remote, subsequent
Encyclopedia: Ulterior