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[ tuh-noo-i-tee, -nyoo-, te- ] / təˈnu ɪ ti, -ˈnyu-, tɛ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tenuity ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe state of being tenuous. slenderness. thinness of consistency; rarefied condition. Origin of tenuity1525–35; <Latin tenuitās thinness, equivalent to tenui(s) (see tenuis) + -tās-ty2 Words nearby tenuitytent stitch, tent trailer, ten-twenty, tenty, tenuis, tenuity, tenuous, tenure, tenured, tenure-track, tenuto Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tenuityThe tenuity of the atmosphere on Mars has another consequence. Are the Planets Inhabited?|E. Walter Maunder He disliked the squalor of the political game and the glibness of tongue and tenuity of thought of the mere politician. War Letters of a Public-School Boy|Paul Jones. That tenuity in the comet which had previously inspired us with hope, was now the source of the bitterness of despair. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.|Various By this contrivance the roving is drawn out into a thread of the desired degree of tenuity and hardness. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2|Various
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