tenuousness

tenuousness
noun (-es)
: the quality or state of being tenuous

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tenūˈity or tenˈuousness noun
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Main Entry:tenuous

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tenuousness noun [uncountable]
Thesaurus: impermanence and brevitysynonym
Main entry: tenuous

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  • tenuousness — tenuous ► ADJECTIVE 1) very slight or insubstantial: a tenuous distinction. 2) very slender or fine. DERIVATIVES tenuously adverb tenuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin tenuis thin …   English terms dictionary

  • tenuousness — noun see tenuous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tenuousness — See tenuously. * * * …   Universalium

  • tenuousness — noun the quality of being tenuous …   Wiktionary

  • tenuousness — n. slenderness, delicateness, thinness of consistency, rarefied condition; flimsiness, weakness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • tenuousness — n shakiness, insecurity, precariousness, Sl. hairiness; uncertainty, indefiniteness, doubtfulness, dubiousness; vagueness, haziness, nebulousness, fuzziness; weakness, flimsiness, insubstantiality. See also tenuity(def. 2) …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • tenuousness — ten·u·ous·ness …   English syllables

  • tenuousness — See: tenuous …   English dictionary

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  • tenuity — n 1. tenuousness, flimsiness. See tenuousness. 2. slenderness, thinness, fineness, leanness; gracility, gracileness, delicateness, delicacy; frailty, frailness, fragility, fragileness; sheerness, diaphaneity, diaphan ousness; lightness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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