sixty-ninth

[ siks-tee-nahynth ]

adjective

1. next after the sixty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 69.
2. being one of 69 equal parts.

noun

1. a sixty-ninth part, especially of one (1/69).
2. the sixty-ninth member of a series.

Example Sentences

Soon after I had assumed the command, a difficulty arose in the Sixty-ninth, an Irish regiment.

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Meanwhile the Sixty-ninth Division, having forced the crossing of the Scheldt at several points, continued to advance.

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The Sixty-ninth held the ground for some time, but finally fell back in disorder.

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It is said that in April, 1602, being then in her sixty-ninth year, she rode ten miles on horseback and hunted the same day.

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The leaves of the book are then untouched until we reach the sixty-ninth from the end, upon which is one worm hole.

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