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Meaning of tenuious | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
tɪˈnjuː.i.əs

Definitions

Rare or subtle; tenuous.

archaic

Examples

“more tenuious Substance , as was above observed , than that very igneous Substance mentioned in the third Proposition”
“A tenuious emanation or continued effluvium, which after some distance retracteth into itself; as is observable in drops of syrups, oil, and seminal viscosities[…]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

tenuirostral tenuis tenuous tenurable tenure-track tenured

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