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tenuous
(encz) | tenuous,slabý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tenuous
(encz) | tenuous,tenký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Tenuous
(gcide) | Tenuous \Ten"u*ous\, a. [L. tenuis thin. See Thin, and cf.
Tenuis.]
1. Thin; slender; small; minute.
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2. Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.
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tenuous
(wn) | tenuous
adj 1: having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid"
2: very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"
3: lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a
tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
[syn: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin] |
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tenuous
(encz) | tenuous,slabý adj: Zdeněk Brožtenuous,tenký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tenuously
(encz) | tenuously,tence adv: Zdeněk Brož |
tenuousness
(encz) | tenuousness, |
tenuous
(wn) | tenuous
adj 1: having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid"
2: very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"
3: lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a
tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
[syn: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin] |
tenuously
(wn) | tenuously
adv 1: in a tenuous manner; "his works tenuously survive in the
minds of a few scholars" |
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