twenty-two

American  

[twen-tee-too, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈtu, ˈtwʌn- /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 2.

2. a symbol for this number, as 22 or XXII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. .22.

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adjective

1. amounting to 22 in number.

Example Sentences

According to the most recent census, there are twenty two thousand Kazakh immigrants in the United States.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 27, 2014

It was much smaller than the horse cars, and upholstered seats lined the sides so that it felt like a comfortable lounge inside, with bright lighting and plenty of room to hold twenty two people. 

From Scientific American • Feb. 21, 2014

Stuart Kuttner was managing editor of the News of the World for twenty two years, until he retired in 2009. 

From Newsweek • Jul. 24, 2012

Thursday, May twenty, two libras of quicksilver were incorporated with one and one-half quintals of ore obtained from a depth of fourteen estados in the said vein and hole which was opened as above stated.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 20 of 55 1621-1624 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Blair, Emma Helen

I, Jacob Sprier, in case I marry with Deborah Leaming, do hereby promise to observe and perform the before-going rules and particulars, containing twenty two in number, to the best of my power.

From Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various