tenuous
adj/ˈtɛn.ju.əs/
Etymology
Irregularly formed from Latin tenuis (“thin, slight”) + -ous. Compare tenuious.
Definitions
Thin in substance or consistency.
- The aether was thought to be of tenuous strands.
- Far from being amicable, the numbers seemed to turn their backs on each other, and I couldn't find a pair with even the most tenuous connection.
Insubstantial.
- His argument was not convincing in the debate, considering how tenuous it was.
Precarious, dependent upon unreliable things.
- Paulina's repeated, almost anxious iteration of the lawfulness of her actions serves as a reminder of women's tenuous stance before the law in early modern English society.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for tenuous. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA