9 Letter Words for Tenuously
tenuously
7 Letter Words for Tenuously
lentous, luteous, soutenu, sultone, tenuous, unlousy, unlusty
6 Letter Words for Tenuously
ensoul, eutony, lentos, lunets, lutose, noules, nousel, nousle, snouty, solent, soleyn, solute, stolen, sunlet, telson, tolsey, tousel, tousle, tously, tylose, unlost, unlust, unlute, unsely, unslot, unsole, unsoul
5 Letter Words for Tenuously
enols, entsy, eusol, eyots, lenos, lento, losen, lotes, lotus, louey, louns, louse, lousy, louts, louty, lunes, lunet, lunts, lusty, luteo, lutes, lynes, lyons, lytes, nesty, noels, noles, notes, notus, noule, nouls, noyes, nutsy, olent, onely, onset, ousel, outen, outly, oylet, seoul, seton, slent, slone, slote, snout, solen, sonly, souly, soyle, steno, stole, stoln, stone, stony, stoun, style, stylo, suent, suety, telos, telyn, tenso, toles, tolus, tones, toney, tonus, touns, touse, tousy, tules, tunes, tylus, tynes, unlet, unset, unsly, unsty, unuse, usent, yelts, youse, yules
4 Letter Words for Tenuously
elts, enol, ento, eons, eton, eyot, leno, lens, lent, leon, leos, lest, leto, lets, leys, lone, lose, lost, lote, lots, loun, lout, loyn, loys, lues, lune, lunt, luny, lust, lute, lyes, lyne, lyon, lyse, lyte, nest, nets, neut, noel, noes, nole, nolt, nose, nosy, note, nots, noul, nous, nout, noys, nuts, nyes, nyet, oles, ones, only, onst, onus, otus, oust, outs, oyes, selt, sent, sley, sloe, slon, slot, slue, slut, snot, snye, sole, soln, sone, soul, sout, sten, stey, stue, stun, suet, suey, sulu, sune, sunt, syen, syne, tels, tens, toes, toey, tole, tolu, tone, tons, tony, tose, tosy, toun, toys, tsun, tues, tule, tulu, tune, tuno, tuns, tunu, tuny, tyes, tyne, ueys, ules, ulto, ulus, unto, utes, yelt, yens, yeso, yest, yont, yote, yous, yule, yutu
3 Letter Words for Tenuously
els, elt, enl, ens, eon, eos, est, esu, ety, eyl, eyn, leo, les, let, leu, ley, loe, los, lot, loy, lst, lue, luo, lut, lye, lyn, lys, neo, net, nol, nos, not, noy, nul, nus, nut, nye, nys, oes, ole, one, ons, ont, ony, ose, ous, out, oye, oys, sel, sen, set, sey, sle, slt, sly, sny, sol, son, sot, sou, soy, sty, sue, sun, sye, syl, syn, tel, ten, tes, tln, tlo, toe, tol, ton, tos, tou, toy, tue, tun, tuy, tye, uey, ule, ult, ulu, unl, uns, use, ust, usu, ute, uts, utu, yen, yeo, yes, yet, yoe, yon, yos, yot, you, yue, yus
Definitions for Tenuously
[1] thin or slender in form, as a thread.
[2] lacking a sound basis, as reasoning; unsubstantiated; weak: a tenuous argument.
[3] thin in consistency; rare or rarefied.
[4] of slight importance or significance; unsubstantial: He holds a rather tenuous position in history.
[5] lacking in clarity; vague: He gave a rather tenuous account of his past life.
[6] insignificant or flimsy a tenuous argument
[7] slim, fine, or delicate a tenuous thread
[8] diluted or rarefied in consistency or density a tenuous fluid
Words related to Tenuously
tenuouseasily, delicately, casually, tenderly, moderately, gingerly, softly, simply, mildly, freely, quietly, slightly, sparsely, faintly, subtly, carelessly, indifferently, nimbly, peacefully, readily
Words nearby Tenuously
tenuoustentorium, tentorium cerebelli, tenty, tenuis, tenuity, tenuous, tenure, tenure-track, tenured, tenuto, tenzing
Origin of Tenuously
First recorded in 1590–1600; tenu(ity) + -ous
Other words from Tenuously
ten·u·ous·ly , adverb
ten·u·ous·ness , noun
un·ten·u·ous , adjective
un·ten·u·ous·ly , adverb
un·ten·u·ous·ness , noun
Word origin for Tenuously
C16: from Latin tenuis
Synonyms for Tenuously
casually, delicately, easily, faintly, freely, gingerly, mildly, moderately, quietly, simply, slightly, softly, sparsely, subtly, tenderly, thinly, agilely, airily, breezily, carelessly, daintily, ethereally, flippantly, frivolously, heedlessly, indifferently, leniently, nimbly, peacefully, readily, slightingly, smoothly, sparingly, thoughtlessly, timidly, unsubstantially, well
