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tenuous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tenuous \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tenuous adj 1: having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot" [syn: {flimsy}, {slight}, {thin}] 2: having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid" 3: very thin in gauge or diameter; "fine hairs"; "a tenuous thread" [syn: {fine}]
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