[ten.u.ous] adj [L tenuis thin, slight, tenuous--more at thin] (1597) 1: not dense: rare "a ~ fluid"
2: not thick: slender "a ~ rope" 3 a: having little substance or strength: flimsy, weak "~ influences" b: shaky 2a "~ reasons" "on grounds that were ~" syn see thin -- ten.u.ous.ly adv -- ten.u.ous.ness n