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Tenuity

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(1):

(n.) 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):

(n.) Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood.

(3):

(n.) Poverty; indigence.

(4):

(n.) Refinement; delicacy.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tenuity'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tenuity.html. 1828.
 
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