ninety-ninth

American  

[nahyn-tee-nahynth] / ˈnaɪn tiˈnaɪnθ /

adjective

1. next after the ninety-eighth; being the ordinal number for 99.

2. being one of 99 equal parts.

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noun

1. a ninety-ninth part, especially of one (1/99).

2. the ninety-ninth member of a series.

Example Sentences

“That was flown by the Ninety-ninth Pursuit Squadron all over Italy and North Africa.”

From Literature

After the ninety-ninth verse of the song, Poppy stood up.

From Literature

At 111th Street and Third Avenue, and on Ninety-ninth street, between First and Second, are scenes from the Garbage Offensive, in which activists halted traffic with a barricade of trash to protest the Sanitation Department’s neglect of the neighborhood.

From The New Yorker

De Rivera was especially strong in math and science, and she scored in the ninety-ninth percentile on a city-wide math examination.

From The New Yorker

He had aced the ACT and placed in the ninety-ninth percentile on the SAT.

From The New Yorker