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

He was son to a prince of Khorasan, and born about the ninety-seventh year of the Hegira.

From Oriental Literature The Literature of Arabia by Anonymous

Then I rubber for the ninety-seventh time at the female warbler, who is standing talking to Frankie, the band leader.

From The Flying Cuspidors by Francis, V. R.

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.