twenty-ninth

[ twen-tee-nahynth, twuhn- ]

/ ˈtwɛn tiˈnaɪnθ, ˈtwʌn- /

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adjective

next after the twenty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 29.

being one of 29 equal parts.

noun

a twenty-ninth part, especially of one (1/29).

the twenty-ninth member of a series.

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How to use twenty-ninth in a sentence

This was the twenty-ninth consecutive judicial decision in the past 12 months holding that such are laws unconstitutional.
Justice Kennedy Opened the Door to Same-Sex Marriage, Will He Walk Through Next?|Geoffrey R. Stone|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is in existence what purports to be a letter from Napoleon to Murat, dated March twenty-ninth.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane
It was a warm, bright morning—that twenty-ninth of August in the year 1782.
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls|Various
At dawn on the twenty-ninth the English ships closed fairly in, and almost their last cartridge was spent ere the sun went down.
History of the English People|John Richard Green

The commander who ruled over this fleet was a man still in his twenty-ninth year.
The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot.
On the afternoon of the twenty-ninth day after leaving Panama the lookout reported land.
Captain Scraggs|Peter B. Kyne