ultimately

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ultimate/ˈʌltɪmət/

▶adjective

• 1 being or happening at the end of a process.

• 2 being the best or most extreme example of its kind: the ultimate accolade.

• 3 basic or fundamental.

• 4 Physics denoting the maximum possible strength or resistance beyond which an object breaks.

▶noun

• 1 (the ultimate) the best achievable or imaginable of its kind: the ultimate in luxury.

• 2 a final or fundamental fact or principle.

– derivatives
ultimacy noun (pl. ultimacies),
ultimately adverb.

– origin C17: from late L. ultimatus, past part. of ultimare ‘come to an end’.