| tenuou | Relations are tenuous as peace talks resume between warring factions. |
| tenuous | (adj) having thin consistency, Example: a tenuous fluid |
| tenuous | (adj) very thin in gauge or diameter, Example: a tenuous thread |
| tenuously | (adv) in a tenuous manner, Example: his works tenuously survive in the minds of a few scholars |
| Tenuous | a. [ L. tenuis thin. See Thin, and cf. Tenuis. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |