ult.

American  

abbreviation

1. ultimate.

2. ultimately.

3. ultimo.

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ult. British  

abbreviation

1. ultimate(ly)

2. Also: ulto.  ultimo

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Example Sentences

My dear M. de Vidal,—My thanks for your letter of the 28th ult. in answer to mine of the complaints of the captain of the Fantome.

From Observations on the Present State of the Affairs of the River Plate by Baines, Thomas

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 Brenton, E. B.

If I understand his letter of the 24th ult., he is determined to march the army without delay into Middle Tennessee, leaving Sherman on his right flank and rear.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp

I received news of the 27th ult. from Brother John.

From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jones, Jenkins Lloyd

A letter from Philadelphia, of the 16th ult., announces the death of Mr. Davenport, formerly lessee of the theatres on the Norwich circuit. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles