Ultimately

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ultimately \Ul"ti*mate*ly\, adv.
     As a final consequence; at last; in the end; as, afflictions
     often tend to correct immoral habits, and ultimately prove
     blessings.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ultimately
       adv 1: as the end result of a succession or process; "ultimately he
              had to give in"; "at long last the winter was over"
              [syn: {finally}, {in the end}, {at last}, {at long
              last}]
       2: after everything has been considered; "in the final
          analysis, we are quite well off" [syn: {in the last
          analysis}, {in the final analysis}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "ultimately":
     as things go, as times go, at bottom, at last, at length,
     at long last, at the end, at the last, basically, conclusively,
     essentially, eventually, finally, fundamentally, in conclusion,
     in due course, in due season, in due time, in fine, in time, last,
     lastly, once for all, someday, sometime, somewhere,
     sooner or later, yet