ultimately

adverb

1 the cost will ultimately fall on the local authorities:

eventually, in the end, in the long run, at length, finally, sooner or later, in time, in the fullness of time, after some time, in the final analysis, when all is said and done, one day, someday, sometime, at last, at long last;

informal when push comes to shove;

British, informal at the end of the day.

▷antonyms immediately.

2 he gave two ultimately contradictory reasons:

fundamentally, basically, primarily, essentially, at heart, deep down.