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Definition of Ninety-eight
1. Adjective. Being eight more than ninety.
Definition of Ninety-eight
1. Cardinal numeral. The cardinal number immediately following ninety-seven — ninety plus eight — and preceding ninety-nine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ninety-eight
Literary usage of Ninety-eight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by General Assembly, Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate, Pennsylvania (1905)
"... one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-nine, one thousand nine hundred, one thousand nine hundred and two, ..."
2. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate (1921)
"contracting of debts authorized by chapters seven hundred and forty-six of the
Laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, two hundred and ninety-eight of the Laws ..."
3. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1896)
"Chapter three hundred and twenty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven, and chapter six hundred and ninety-eight, laws of eighteen hundred ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"Whole loss, two hundred ;md seventy-two killed, one thousand four hundred and
eighty wounded, and ninety-eight miss- iug. I have the honor to be, ..."
5. The Life of James McNeill Whistler by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Joseph Pennell (1908)
"THE YEARS EIGHTEEN NINETY- EIGHT TO NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE IN the autumn of
1898, a circular appeared in Paris, which created a sensation in the studios. ..."
6. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1808)
"Imprinted in Rome, before the Castell of S. Angell, at the Signe of S. Peter, in
De- cembre, Anno D. i:,ai In Twelves, black Letter,containing ninety-eight ..."
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