Ultimately
['ʌltɪmətlɪ] or ['ʌltɪmətli]
Definition
(adv.) as the end result of a succession or process; 'ultimately he had to give in'; 'at long last the winter was over'.
Editor: Natasha--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) As a final consequence; at last; in the end; as, afflictions often tend to correct immoral habits, and ultimately prove blessings.
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Examples
- Bloody insurrections repeatedly broke out, always traceable ultimately to the pressure of taxation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By dint of alternate threats, promises, and bribes, the lady in question was ultimately prevailed upon to undertake the commission. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- She ultimately prevailed; and all-conquering Fife was expected with rapture. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I don't mean to say that I won't assist you ultimately. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The first of these, the Appian Way, ran from Rome ultimately into the heel of Italy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Fleeming Jenkins that Gas engines will ultimately supplant the steam. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This was ultimately done, and in April, 1804, Fulton left France and returned to London. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Ultimately, of course, they denote the things of our common sense acquaintance. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The school, chartered in 1753, grew ultimately into the University of Pennsylvania. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Besides different forms and sizes he tried various materials of construction, and ultimately various means of propulsion. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Yes, ultimately, said Mrs. Garth, who having a special dislike to fine words on ugly occasions, could not now repress an epigram. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- One thing it is to say that all proposals must ultimately win the acceptance of the majority; it is quite another to propose nothing which is not immediately acceptable. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Only as ultimately securing tranquillity of mind, which the philosopher instinctively pursues, has it for him any necessity. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But, ultimately, there IS no love. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A second followed, then a third, a fourth, a fifth, and ultimately the whole barrow was peopled with burdened figures. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- These copies or duplicates are the talking-machine records which the public ultimately purchases. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This interfered with my plans, but probably resulted in my ultimately taking the command in person. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- All taxes, they pretend, fall ultimately upon the rent of land, and ought, therefore, to be imposed equally upon the fund which must finally pay them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But boys cannot well be apprenticed ultimately: they should be apprenticed at fifteen. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- This was done, with the result that the patent was ultimately awarded to Bell. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Ultimately it was shown that the re were at least seventeen similar observations prior to 1781. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I shall ultimately, I hope, be at the head of one of the best schools in the county. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- For it is this that the Commission proposes to repress, and ultimately to annihilate. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- While all thinking results in knowledge, ultimately the value of knowledge is subordinate to its use in thinking. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Ultimately, he went into the most famous jeweller's, and said he wanted to buy a little gift for a lady. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This peace, the peace of Campo Formio, was for both sides a thoroughly scoundrelly and ultimately a disastrous bargain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mr. Weller, being stout, cast himself at once into the crowd, with the desperate hope of ultimately turning up in some place which would suit him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- That she will faithfully apply herself to the acquisition of those accomplishments, upon the exercise of which she will be ultimately dependent. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If Chuck said that, he went straight to the heart of that democratic morality on which a new statecraft must ultimately rest. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- That now became his working idea, and it was the principle on which the telephone was ultimately to be built. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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