Associations to the word «Tenuity»

Wiktionary

TENUITY, noun. Thinness, slenderness.
TENUITY, noun. Meagreness, paucity.

Dictionary definition

TENUITY, noun. Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope".
TENUITY, noun. A rarified quality; "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere".
TENUITY, noun. The quality of lacking intensity or substance; "a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Wise words

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