The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ulterior \Ul*te"ri*or\, a. [L., comp. of ultra, ultro, beyond, on the other side, properly cases of an old adjective, formed with a comparative suffix, which is akin to OL. uls beyond, L. olim formerly, hereafter, orig., at that time, ille that, OL. olle, ollus. Cf. Outrage.]
Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither.
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Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain.
Ulterior motive, Ulterior object or Ulterior aim, a motive, object or aim beyond that which is avowed.
Wiktionary
n. An alternative or extrinsic reason for doing something, especially when concealed or when differing from the stated or apparent reason.
Wikipedia
Ulterior Motive is a 2015 Chinese action thriller film directed by cinematographer Arthur Wong and starring Gordon Lam, Qin Lan, Simon Yam, Archie Kao and Liu Wei. The film is Wong's first directorial effort since 1988's In the Line of Duty 3.
Usage examples of "ulterior motive".
There is some excuse for me, I think, if I wondered whether he had an ulterior motive for wanting to get me alone.
Do not believe, dear Reader, that I would have acquiesced so meekly had I not had an ulterior motive.
Besides, she always impressed me as though she had some ulterior motive, as though she was trying to get at something through me.
His ulterior motive was that he did not believe more experienced cruise-ship chief officers were as expendable as the captain and crew of the Sung Lien Star.
I fail to understand what treachery you can see in that, or what my ulterior motive is supposed to be.
He had long since given up taking the statements of his elders at face value simply because they were his elders, but try as he might he could find no ulterior motive lurking behind the words and actions of the headmaster.
It is painful for a young fellow to think that a young lady's interest in him may have an ulterior motive.
He could have tracked the girl down and forced her to come back to him, with no ulterior motive except pour l'encourager les autres.
The prospects of ulterior motive could be attributed to every major decision he's ever made.
What if she'd had an ulterior motive for wanting to be near his family?
This woman knew that he had h'ed to her, that he had an ulterior motive for getting into Fat Boy Ichimada's compound.