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How to spell ultimately

What it means: As a final result.

In a sentence: Ultimately, the puppy fell asleep on the cozy blanket. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as ultimatly or ultimatley.

Same family: ultimatum, penultimate, finally, eventually. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Ultimately” comes from the Latin word “ultimatus,” meaning “last” or “farthest.” It originally had the sense of something at the very end or limit, which is why today it means “in the end” or “as the final result.”

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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