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PRONUNCIATION OF TENUOUSLY

tenuously  [ˈtɛnjʊəslɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TENUOUSLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tenuously is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES TENUOUSLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tenuously

Doubt

Doubt, a status between belief and disbelief, involves uncertainty or distrust or lack of sureness of an alleged fact, an action, a motive, or a decision. Doubt brings into question some notion of a perceived "reality", and may involve delaying or rejecting relevant action out of concerns for mistakes or faults or appropriateness. Some definitions of doubt emphasize the state in which the mind remains suspended between two contradictory propositions and unable to assent to either of them. The concept of doubt covers a range of phenomena: one can characterise both deliberate questioning of uncertainties and an emotional state of indecision as "doubt".

Definition of tenuously in the English dictionary

The definition of tenuously in the dictionary is weakly; insignificantly.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TENUOUSLY


ambiguously
æmˈbɪɡjʊəslɪ
arduously
ˈɑːdjʊəslɪ
assiduously
əˈsɪdjʊəslɪ
conspicuously
kənˈspɪkjʊəslɪ
contiguously
kənˈtɪɡjʊəslɪ
continuously
kənˈtɪnjʊəslɪ
discontinuously
ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjʊəslɪ
disingenuously
ˌdɪsɪnˈdʒenjʊəslɪ
impetuously
ɪmˈpɛtjʊəslɪ
inconspicuously
ˌɪnkənˈspɪkjʊəslɪ
ingenuously
ɪnˈdʒɛnjʊəslɪ
innocuously
ɪnˈɒkjʊəslɪ
perspicuously
ˌpəˈspɪkjʊəslɪ
presumptuously
prɪˈzʌmptjʊəslɪ
promiscuously
prəˈmɪskjʊəslɪ
sinuously
ˈsɪnjʊəslɪ
strenuously
ˈstrɛnjʊəslɪ
sumptuously
ˈsʌmptjʊəslɪ
tumultuously
tjuːˈmʌltjʊəslɪ
unambiguously
ˌʌnæmˈbɪɡjʊəslɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TENUOUSLY

tentless
tentlike
tentmaker
tentorial
tentorium
tentwise
tenue
tenues
tenuirostral
tenuis
tenuity
tenuous
tenuousness
tenurable
tenure
tenure track position
tenured
tenurial
tenurially
tenuto

WORDS THAT END LIKE TENUOUSLY

anonymously
cautiously
consciously
dangerously
deliciously
deviously
enormously
famously
generously
hilariously
meticulously
obviously
outrageously
previously
ridiculously
seriously
simultaneously
spontaneously
tremendously
unanimously
vigorously

Synonyms and antonyms of tenuously in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tenuously» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TENUOUSLY

Find out the translation of tenuously to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tenuously from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tenuously» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

云林
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tenuemente
570 millions of speakers

English

tenuously
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tenuously
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خيط رفيع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

tenuously
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tenuously
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অতি সূক্ষ্মভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ténue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lemah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tenuously
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

希薄に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tenuously
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tenuously
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mong manh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நுட்பமாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कमीतकमी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

belli belirsiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tenue
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nikły
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

tenuously
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

foarte strânse
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tenuously
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tenuously
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tenuously
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tenuously
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tenuously

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TENUOUSLY»

The term «tenuously» is regularly used and occupies the 97.676 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TENUOUSLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tenuously

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TENUOUSLY»

Discover the use of tenuously in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tenuously and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Moving Tenuously Toward Lasting Self-government for First ...
One major obstacle that is standing in the way of building acceptable and tenable self-government arrangements for First Nations is the construction of effective policy and program accountability relationships and processes.
Robert P. Shepherd, 2006
2
The Global Economy as Political Space
In the specific case of "the body," the border between internal and external is " tenuously maintained" by the transformation of elements that were originally part of identity into a "defiling otherness" (Butler 1990: 133). There is no originary or ...
Stephen J. Rosow, Naeem Inayatullah, Mark Rupert, 1994
3
Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans
They already possess much of the information that "tenuously secure" parents seek. For example, one father is a high school graduate from the most prestigious exam school in the city before going on to attend an Ivy League college.
Clara C. Park, A. Lin Goodwin, Stacey J. Lee, 2001
4
Through a Mirror, Brightly
... divided into many warring parts, separate from God, and tenuously held together by its erratic and capricious and tenuously held together by its erratic and capricious and tenuously held together by its erratic and capricious and tenuously ...
Raymond Comeau, 2001
5
Happiness and the Art of Being: An Introduction to the ...
current of self-attentiveness in the midst of all our other activities. When we cultivate this skill to be always tenuously aware of our underlying selfconsciousness throughout our waking and dream states, we will also become more clearly aware ...
Michael James, 2012
6
What Are Poets For?: An Anthropology of Contemporary Poetry ...
An anecdotal story is merely a span Consisting ofseparate facts Each tenuously connected to the next What we respond to are the attractiveness ofthe facts And the view each one provides There are even such things as philosophical ...
Gerald L Bruns, 2012
7
Cogitations
The patient's relationship is, tenuously, with the analyst as analyst; it is predominantly with the couple in the room — any couple, but most obviously the couple formed by the analyst and himself; it is with himself only in a somewhat peculiar ...
Wilfred R. Bion, 1991
8
Nat Turner: A Slave Rebellion in History and Memory
tenuously. links. the. Chris*. tian tradition to the supporters whom Turner was able to assemble. In one of the trials of the participants in the insurrection, Levi Waller testified that his slave Davey was called "brother Clements" by another ...
Kenneth S. Greenberg, 2004
9
Human Paleopsychology: Applications To Aggression and ...
All of this suggests that refined, advanced formsof speech or writing are recent and tenuously held acquisitions, as are the higher forms of abstract thought or intelligence. Consequently, regressions from these tenuously held higher levelstothe ...
K. Bailey, 2013
10
States of Exception: Everyday Life and Postcolonial Identity
Immigrant life occasions specific expressions of identity, tenuously inhabited and even more tenuously understood, given the internal and external contradictions of late capitalist existence. A sense of this fragility is somewhat elaborated in ...
Keya Ganguly, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TENUOUSLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tenuously is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Former Miss Jordan Joins Hacktivist Group to Fight ISIS
Abdallat is currently working with Ghost Security, a "hacktivist" group tenuously connected with hacker group Anonymous. Her work with the group includes ... «People Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Hackers Installed Sophisticated Malware on U.S. Computers. Why …
For months, attackers deployed frighteningly sophisticated espionage technology to secretly spy on all sorts of parties involved (however tenuously) in the ... «Reason, Jul 15»
3
LAUSD board OKs $7.8-billion budget that includes hundreds of …
Ramon C. Cortines warned that the spending plan is tenuously balanced for the fiscal year that begins July 1. "There are no more presents under the Christmas ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»
4
Chelsea tenuously linked with one of the more exciting young left …
For now, the Baba chatter is nothing more than a tenuous link, at best. But it's worth keeping an eye on, especially if Filipe Luís's situation changes. «We Ain't Got No History, May 15»
5
A Time for Middle East Realism
Historically, support for Israel and its right to exist within defensible borders has been tenuously balanced against the need to defend shipping lanes for oil and ... «Today's Zaman, Apr 15»
6
Ancient rocks show life could have flourished on Earth 3.2 billion …
“People always had the idea that the really ancient biosphere was just tenuously clinging on to this inhospitable planet, and it wasn't until the emergence of ... «UW Today, Feb 15»
7
TV Review: 'Togetherness': An unhappy married couple? Again?
... or that we cannot remember the tenuously discontented couple portrayed by Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann in Judd Apatow's films "Knocked Up" and "This Is 40. «The Providence Journal, Jan 15»
8
Jeanne Gang Visualizes Melting Polar Ice Caps In A Crystal Table
LED lighting strips on the floor (also made with crystal) make the whole space look like a tenuously stable ice sheet. The interior walls of the installation space ... «Co.Design, Dec 14»
9
Tenuous truce
THE open-ended truce that came into force in the last week of August in the Gaza Strip continues to hold, albeit tenuously. The “calm-for-calm” agreement ... «Frontline, Sep 14»
10
Tammy Faye Bakker's year in Minneapolis: scoping out the sites …
On the scale of dubious, tenuously connected local celebrity claims, living here for one year probably puts Tammy Faye Bakker below even Bob Dylan, who ... «MinnPost.com, May 14»

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