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Meaning of 'tenuity' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tenuity [ n.]
- The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair.
- Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood.
- Poverty; indigence.
- Refinement; delicacy.

Meaning of 'tenuity' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tenuity [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the quality of lacking intensity or substance
Example in sentence:
  • a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice
Meaning (2):
- relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
Example in sentence:
  • the tenuity of a hair;
  • the thinness of a rope
Meaning (3):
- a rarified quality
Example in sentence:
  • the tenuity of the upper atmosphere

Nearby Words:

ten ten-o'clock ten-pounder ten-strike tenability tenable tenableness tenace tenacies tenacious

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