tenuity
[tuh-noo-i-tee, -nyoo-, te-]
Origin of tenuity
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Related Words for tenuity
tenderness, subtlety, lightness, elegance, fragility, delicacy, inadequacy, rarity, scantiness, emaciation, meagerness, fineness, shallowness, sparseness, spareness, gauntness, tenuity, debility, weakness, translucencyExamples from the Web for tenuity
Historical Examples of tenuity
The atoms interpenetrate in consequence of their differences of tenuity.
ReincarnationTh. Pascal
Birch branches are to be preferred on account of their tenuity.
Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas PlantsR. E. Mathot
The tenuity of the atmosphere on Mars has another consequence.
Are the Planets Inhabited?E. Walter Maunder
It is delicacy mixed with abundance; tenuity supported by generosity.
Delsarte System of OratoryVarious
Air, in every degree of tenuity, refuses to act as a conductor of electricity.