Dictionary Entry
ultimately
Part of SpeechadverbPronunciation/ˈʌltɪmətli/Word FrequencyCommon (5.51)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Indicating the last item.
In a Sentence
“Firstly,… Secondly,… Ultimately,…”
Published Usage Examples
“The word ultimately translates into shrinking earnings power, which is a big factor in stock-market declines that have driven share prices to their lowest level in more than a decade.”
“But questions of more general nature have lately arisen, and these have tended to have a skeptical cast: whether any use of "aesthetic" may be explicated without appeal to some other; whether agreement respecting any use is sufficient to ground meaningful theoretical agreement or disagreement; whether the term ultimate”
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Origin
From Latin 'ultimus', meaning 'last'.
Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “ultimately”
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