ninety-seventh

American  

[nahyn-tee-sev-uhnth] / ˈnaɪn tiˈsɛv ənθ /

adjective

1. next after the ninety-sixth; being the ordinal number for 97.

2. being one of 97 equal parts.

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noun

1. a ninety-seventh part, especially of one (1/97).

2. the ninety-seventh member of a series.

Example Sentences

“Moonlight,” which won Best Picture the year before, came in ninety-seventh.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 8, 2018

On the two hundred and ninety-seventh day of Edward’s ordeal, a storm came.

From "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo

Sir,—Yesterday, which happened to be my ninety-seventh birthday, I spent in reading your wonderful Potted Meat Supplement from cover to cover.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 17, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

Done at the city of Washington, this 3d day of July, 1873, and of the Independence of the United States the ninety-seventh.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 7, part 1: Ulysses S. Grant by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)

Then Mr. Reid's voice broke the stillness as he repeated the ninety-seventh Psalm, "The Lord reigneth."

From The Red Miriok by Barnes, Anna M.