tenuously
1tenuously — tenuous ► ADJECTIVE 1) very slight or insubstantial: a tenuous distinction. 2) very slender or fine. DERIVATIVES tenuously adverb tenuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin tenuis thin …
2tenuously — adverb in a tenuous manner (Freq. 1) his works tenuously survive in the minds of a few scholars • Derived from adjective: ↑tenuous …
3tenuously — adverb see tenuous …
4tenuously — See tenuous. * * * …
5tenuously — adverb In a tenuous manner …
6tenuously — adv. delicately, insignificantly, flimsily …
7tenuously — ten·u·ous·ly …
8tenuously — See: tenuous …
9tenuous — tenuously, adv. tenuousness, n. /ten yooh euhs/, adj. 1. thin or slender in form, as a thread. 2. lacking a sound basis, as reasoning; unsubstantiated; weak: a tenuous argument. 3. thin in consistency; rare or rarefied. 4. of slight importance or …
10tenuous — [[t]te̱njuəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe something such as a connection, a reason, or someone s position as tenuous, you mean that it is very uncertain or weak. The cultural and historical links between the many provinces were seen to be very …