Definition of: ulterior

(ul·tir′ē·ər) adjective
1. More remote; not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of: applied to immaterial things: ulterior considerations; also, intentionally unrevealed; hidden: ulterior motives.
2. Following; succeeding; later in time, or secondary in importance.
3. Lying beyond or on the farther side of a certain bounding line. [<L, compar. of ulter beyond]
—ul·te′ri·or·ly adverb