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TENUOUSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tenuously mean?
• TENUOUSLY (adverb)
The adverb TENUOUSLY has 1 sense:
1. in a tenuous manner
Familiarity information: TENUOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a tenuous manner
Context example:
his works tenuously survive in the minds of a few scholars
Pertainym:
tenuous (lacking substance or significance)
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