Ultimately
adjective
1.
last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series:
the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats.
2.
maximum; decisive; conclusive:
the ultimate authority; the ultimate weapon.
3.
highest; not subsidiary:
ultimate goal in life.
4.
basic; fundamental; representing a limit beyond which further progress, as in investigation or analysis, is impossible:
the ultimate particle; ultimate principles.
5.
final; total:
the ultimate consequences; the ultimate cost of a project.
6.
not to be improved upon or surpassed; greatest; unsurpassed:
the ultimate vacation spot; the ultimate stupidity.
noun
7.
the final point; final result.
8.
a fundamental fact or principle.
9.
the best, greatest, or most extreme of its kind.
adverb
1.
in the end; at last; finally
adjective
1.
conclusive in a series or process; last; final: an ultimate question
2.
the highest or most significant: the ultimate goal
3.
elemental, fundamental, basic, or essential
4.
most extreme: genocide is the ultimate abuse of human rights
5.
final or total: an ultimate cost of twenty million pounds
noun
6.
the most significant, highest, furthest, or greatest thing
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