tenuity

tenuity is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair.
2. noun. Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood.
3. noun. Poverty; indigence.
4. noun. Refinement; delicacy.
5. noun. the quality of lacking intensity or substance- Nathaniel Hawthorne

   "a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"

   Synonyms: feebleness

6. noun. a rarified quality

   "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere"

   Synonyms: rarity

7. noun. relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width

   "the tenuity of a hair"

   "the thinness of a rope"

   Synonyms: slenderness, thinness

Synonyms

feebleness, rarity, slenderness, thinness

Common word forms

tenuities

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