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  1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Poverty; indigence. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. Refinement; delicacy. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. a rarified quality Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. the quality of lacking intensity or substance Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 1. 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. Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood. Bacon. 3. Poverty; indigence. [Obs.] Eikon Basilike. 4. Refinement; delicacy. Source: webster
  9. 9. n relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width n a rarified quality n the quality of lacking intensity or substance Source: ecdict

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