tenuity
thinness or slenderness
Root
- tenu / tenuis: thin, slender, weak, or stretched
Other words with the tenu / tenuis root
- attenuate: to weaken, thin, or reduce
- attenuation: weakening or reduction in force
- extenuate: to make a fault seem less serious
- extenuating: making guilt or blame seem less severe
- tenuous: thin, weak, or slight
Tenu gives thin. Tenuity is thinness, especially when evidence or substance feels too slight to hold much weight.
The tenuity of the evidence worried the lawyer more than the witness's confidence.
Keep tenu separate from ten / tain, the hold family. Tenuous evidence is thin; tenacious effort holds on. Similar letters, different pictures.