tenuous
21tenuous — [ˈtenjuəs] adj weak, or not certain a tenuous connection[/ex] …
22tenuous — /ˈtɛnjuəs / (say tenyoohuhs) adjective 1. thin or slender in form. 2. thin in consistency; rare or rarefied. 3. of slight importance or significance; unsubstantial. 4. flimsy; lacking a firm or sound basis; weak; vague: *the fact that Nan… …
23tenuous — [16] Tenuous comes from the same ultimate ancestor as thin. It is an alteration of an earlier and now defunct tenuious, which was adapted from Latin tenuis ‘thin’. And this went back to the Indo European base *ten ‘stretch’, a variant of which… …
24tenuous — adj. 1 slight, of little substance (tenuous connection). 2 (of a distinction etc.) oversubtle. 3 thin, slender, small. 4 rarefied. Derivatives: tenuously adv. tenuousness n. Etymology: L tenuis …
25tenuous — adj. [L. tenuis, thin] Thin, slender, delicate …
26tenuous — Synonyms and related words: adulterated, aerial, air built, airy, aloof, atomic, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, broken, chimerical, cloud built, corpuscular, cut, dainty, delicate, detached, diaphanous, dilute, diluted, disconnected,… …
27tenuous — te·nu·ous || tenjÊŠÉ™s adj. thin, gentle, fine, sparse …
28tenuous — a. 1. Thin, slender, small, minute. 2. Rare, thin, subtile …
29tenuous — adj 1. thin, slender, attenuated, rare, rarefied; fine, airy, light, ethereal, frail, fragile, delicate, gossamer, gossamery. 2. unsubstantial, weak, flimsy; of little or no significance or importance, insignificant, unimportant, inconsequential; …
30tenuous — ten·u·ous …
