a. [ LL. ultimatus last, extreme, fr. L. ultimare to come to an end, fr. ultimus the farthest, last, superl. from the same source as ulterior. See Ulterior, and cf. Ultimatum. ]
My harbor, and my ultimate repose. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Many actions apt to procure fame are not conductive to this our ultimate happiness. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
Those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we can not rationally contradict. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ultimate analysis (Chem.),
Ultimate belief.
Ultimate ratio (Math.),
v. t. & i.
adv. As a final consequence; at last; in the end;