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Tenuity , n. [L. tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F. ténuité. See Tenuous.]
- 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.1913 Webster
- Rarely; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood.Bacon.1913 Webster
- Poverty; indigence. [Obs.]Eikon Basilike.1913 Webster
- Refinement; delicacy.1913 Webster
- 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.