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Tenuous
Tenuous
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. Thin; small; minute.
2. Rare.
Tenuous
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. Thin; slender; small; minute.
2. Rare;
subtile
; not dense; -- said of fluids.
3. Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument.
Rarity
Roget’s Thesaurus §322
N.
rarity
,
tenuity
, absence of solidity, # subtility,
subtilty
,
subtlety
,
sponginess
,
compressibility
,
rarefaction
, expansion,
dilatation
,
inflation
,
subtilization
,
vaporization
, evaporation, diffusion, gassification, ether
V.
rarefy
,
expand
,
dilate
,
subtilize
Adj.
rare,
subtile
, thin, fine,
tenuous
,
compressible
,
flimsy
, slight, light,
cavernous
,
spongy
,
rarefied
, unsubstantial, uncompact, incompressed,
rarefiable
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