tenuity
- noun
- /tɛˈnjuːɪti/
:
delgadez
- The spider's web had a remarkable tenuity, glistening delicately in the morning sun.
Examples
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The artist's use of color emphasized the tenuity of the canvas, making it appear almost transparent.
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Hemmed in by a wall of forest, the traveler can sometimes see a distance of many miles, with the cleared roadway diminished to a thread-like tenuity.
Academic text (1998) -
We hear it claimed for Light that because we cannot exploit through number, measure, or weight the tenuity of its elements, and because through chemistry we neither catalogue its form nor trap its essential spirit, Light describes a superiority to rival greatness.
Fiction book (1991) -
Her frame had a natural tenuity that made her look elegant in the flowing dress.
Synonyms
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3.3
A small width of an object like ice or wire
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3.9
A thin, graceful shape that people find attractive
A thin or not thick state often about air
Antonyms
How Thin
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tenuity comes from the Latin word tenuis, which means 'thin', and it shares the same root as tenuous. So, tenuity describes the quality of being very thin or slender.