Wiktionary
n. (context fractional English) One of forty-six equal parts of a whole. num. (context ordinal English) The ordinal form of the number forty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 46 of a sequence.
WordNet
adj. the ordinal number of forty-six in counting order [syn: 46th]
Usage examples of "forty-sixth".
It must undoubtedly seem strange, that the conclusion of his Preface should be expressed in terms so desponding, when it is considered that the authour was then only in his forty-sixth year.
Despite this he was on the Forty-sixth Level observation gallery, his suit still streaming Chalder water, just fifteen minutes after leaving O'Mara's office, and Prilicla arrived close behind him.
However that be, when it was held up, streaming with blood, the real hair beneath the false hair she had long worn was seen to be as grey as that of a woman of seventy, though she was at that time only in her forty-sixth year.
We ranked forty-sixth in per capita income, but were still forty-third in per capita state and local taxes.
Although we still ranked forty-sixth, we were finally above the national average in teacher pay as a percentage of state per capita income, and almost at the national average in per-pupil expenditures as a percentage of income.