tenuous
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin tenuis (“thin, slight”), + Eng. suffix -ous
Pronunciation [edit]
- X-SAMPA: /"tEnju@s/
Adjective [edit]
tenuous (comparative more tenuous, superlative most tenuous)
- Thin in substance or consistency.
- The aether was thought to be of tenuous strands.
- insubstantial
- His argument was not convincing in the debate, considering how tenuous it was.
- July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1]
- Picking up eight years after The Dark Knight left off, the film finds Gotham enjoying a tenuous peace based on Harvey Dent’s moral ideals rather than the ugly truth of his demise.
