Meaning & use
Tenuously
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In a weak, flimsy, or barely sustained manner.
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The two events were only tenuously connected.
He held onto his position tenuously after the scandal broke.
A note on using this word
Derived from Latin 'tenuis,' meaning 'thin' — the same root behind 'tenuous' and 'attenuate.'
Words with a similar meaning
weaklyflimsily
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Words with an opposite meaning
firmlystrongly
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