Tenuity

//təˈnjuːɪti// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Thinness, slenderness. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the quality of lacking intensity or substance wordnet
  3. 3
    Meagreness, paucity. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    a rarified quality wordnet
  5. 5
    relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
airinessdelicacyexiguityfeeblenessfeeblenessfrailty

Etymology

From tenu(ous) + -ity, from Latin tenuitas.

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