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ten·u·ous  audio  (tny-s) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Long and thin; slender: tenuous strands.
  2. Having a thin consistency; dilute.
  3. Having little substance; flimsy: a tenuous argument.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin tenuis; see ten- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
tenu·ous·ly(Adverb), tenu·ous·ness(Noun)


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