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ultimately

  • adverb
  • ul·tim·ate·ly
  • /ˈʌl.tɪ.mɪt.lɪ/

Indicating the last item.

Example

“Firstly,… Secondly,… Ultimately,…”

Other meanings

  1. Indicating the most important action.

    “Ultimately, he will have to make a decision before the end of the week.”

  2. in the end; finally.

Synonyms

  • finally
  • in the end
  • at last

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “ultimately” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.