ninety-eighth
[ nahyn-tee-eytth, -eyth ]
adjective
next after the ninety-seventh; being the ordinal number for 98.
being one of 98 equal parts.
noun
a ninety-eighth part, especially of one (1/98).
the ninety-eighth member of a series.
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How to use ninety-eighth in a sentence
With p. 109him was another subaltern, one of the Hundred and ninety-eighth.
Cupid in Africa | P. C. WrenThe next face of the boma was held by the Hundred and ninety-eighth.
Cupid in Africa | P. C. WrenHe was approaching his ninety-eighth birthday when it was suddenly borne in upon him that the end of his life was at hand.
Holland, v. 1 (of 2) | Edmondo de AmicisHamilton's widow survived him just one-half a century, dying in her ninety-eighth year.
Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Volume 3 (of 14) | Elbert HubbardEight hundred and ninety-eighth day, every color rightly named; some guessing on blue and green .
The Mind of the Child, Part II | W. Preyer
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