ultimately

ultimately

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English

Etymology

From ultimate +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʌl.tɪ.mɪt.lɪ/, /ˈʌl.tɪ.mət.li/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈʌl.tɪ.mɪt.li/, [ˈʌl.tɪ.mɪɾ.li], IPA(key): /ˈʌl.tə.mət.li/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈʌl.tɪ.mɪt.li/, [ˈʌl.tɪ.mɪɾ.li]
  • Hyphenation: ul‧tim‧ate‧ly

Adverb

ultimately (not comparable)

  1. Indicating the last item.
    Synonyms: at last, finally, in the end; see also Thesaurus:lastly
  2. Indicating the most important action.
    Synonyms: at the end of the day, when all is said and done; see also Thesaurus:fundamentally
  3. (linguistics) Used to indicate the etymon at which a given etymological derivation terminates.
    Synonym: terminal etymon

Translations

References

Further reading

  • “ultimately”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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