Ultimative

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling an ultimatum.

    "Beard calls the United States reply on November 26 to the Japanese proposal of November 20 an “ultimative notice.” Morgenstern calls it more simply an “ultimatum.”"

Example

More examples

"Beard calls the United States reply on November 26 to the Japanese proposal of November 20 an “ultimative notice.” Morgenstern calls it more simply an “ultimatum.”"

Etymology

From ultimatum + -ive.

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