lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
<adj.all> subterranean motives for murder looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge
beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote
<adj.all> a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior
coming at a subsequent time or stage
<adj.all> without ulterior argument the mood posterior to
Ulterior \Ul*te"ri*or\, a. [L., comp. of ultra, ultro, beyond, on the other side, properly cases of an old adjective, formed with a comparative suffix, which is akin to OL. uls beyond, L. olim formerly, hereafter, orig., at that time, ille that, OL. olle, ollus. Cf. {Outrage}.] 1. Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither.
2. Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain.
{Ulterior motive}, {Ulterior object} or {Ulterior aim}, a motive, object or aim beyond that which is avowed.
Ulterior \Ul*te"ri*or\, n. Ulterior side or part. [R.] --Coleridge.
Paul Maglione, a spokesman for Philip Morris, said some EC countries had ulterior motives in supporting a ban on tobacco advertising.
We have faith in the directors and the underlying companies.' The fact that ulterior motives might lie behind the conglomerates' willingness to engineer the necessary deals, makes their generosity good financial sense in the current climate.
The proposal from the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front can be taken at face value _ or it can be examined for possible ulterior motives.
Mr Bernard Aubert, chief executive, said after the recent share-buying exercise that Besnier had 'absolutely no ulterior motives' towards Bel, but that it hoped to acquire a 'more significant holding'.
A 14-month investigation into the financial dealings of Edwin Meese III concluded that a real estate magnate and a confidant of the attorney general "may have had ulterior motives" in helping arrange a $40,000-a-year salary for Meese's wife.
Our opinion is given honestly with no ulterior motives.
But it is adamant that it has no ulterior motives. Mr Yuri Matochkin, the head of the Kaliningrad regional administration, is clearly hedging his bets.
But McKernan also has an ulterior motive: trying to land a cameo role on the CBS mystery show.
Chinese Foreign Ministry officials denied the rumor, calling it a "fabrication with ulterior motives." The source of the rumor was unclear, market sources said.