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ult.

American  

abbreviation

  1. ultimate.

  2. ultimately.

  3. ultimo.


ult. British  

abbreviation

  1. ultimate(ly)

  2. Also: ulto.  ultimo

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Dear Sir, Your letter of the 26th ult. came to hand yesterday; the letter you addressed to me at Washington has not been received, or it assuredly should have been attended to.

From Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. Particularly of his Services in the Canadas, including a reply to the strictures on his Military Character, Contained in an Article in The Quareterly Review by E. B. Brenton

His son, a few days since, also became a widower, and on Sunday, 27th ult., a sale of their wearing apparel was published at all the neighbouring parish churches!

From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Daniel Scott

Severely wounded on the 22nd ult., the day our loved leader fell, of whom they speak most feelingly.

From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jenkins Lloyd Jones

Sister Mary Magdalen Javett died at the Day Home on Hayes Street, on the 28th ult., of consumption, to which she had been a martyr for many months.

From Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) by Various

I got a letter after awhile, stating that my favor of the 25th ult. or prox. or something of that nature, had been duly received and contents noted.

From Cordwood by Bill Nye

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