tenuity
Noun
Meaning
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.
Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood.
Poverty; indigence.
Refinement; delicacy.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
poverty
rarity
delicacy
lightness
inadequacy
fragility
infirmity
frailty
fineness
indigence
slimness
emaciation
leanness
weakness
tenderness
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Examples
Let the entire system of government be strengthened, and let the balance of power be drawn up in such a manner that it will be permanent and incapable of decay because of its own tenuity.