| Pronunciation: | | 'tenyoous
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| Matching Terms: | | tenuously
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- [adj] having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
- [adj] very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"
- [adj] having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid"
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| | Synonyms: | | flimsy, slight, thin, weak |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ten"u*ous\, a. [L. tenuis thin. See {Thin}, and cf.
{Tenuis}.]
1. Thin; slender; small; minute.
2. Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.
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