tenuous
adjective
lacking a sound basis, as reasoning; unsubstantiated; weak.
tenuously
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a word derived from
tenuous.
Example Sentences
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But alongside these there are numerous portraits, photographs, sculptures, weavings and more that are only tenuously related to Pop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The success of that series forced me to confront difficult aspects of my childhood, including the fraught relationship I had tenuously built with my dad.
From Salon ● May 18, 2025
But song and story are only tenuously tethered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
Some of those details sound suspect; others are at least tenuously drawn from history.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023
The men existed all alone out there in the void of space, connected so tenuously to Earth, with the real possibility that something could go wrong.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
