Would it make sense to say that something is a tenuous part of your life if you're trying to say it's a small and nonpriorital part?
2006-09-04 13:40:02 · 15 answers · asked by Charlotte Sometimes 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
You used tenuous in a sentence very well. Hey, so did I! Seriously, I just used Answers.com and found a wide variety of ways to use the word "tenuous". Have fun. Oh yes, an example, When having a tenuous argument, you have little substance, a flimsey argument.
2006-09-04 13:50:07 · answer #1 · answered by bigpaul 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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Would it make sense to say that something is a tenuous part of your life if you're trying to say it's a small and nonpriorital part?
2015-08-06 16:59:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it would make sense to say that. I like to use the word rather in front of tenuous as well when I'm writing, it just makes it sound smoother and less labored. Lately sleeping has been a rather tenuous part of my life... :-)
2006-09-04 13:44:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bush is making a tenuous argument about why we are fighting in Iraq.
Main Entry: ten·u·ous
Pronunciation: 'ten-y&-w&s, -yü-&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin tenuis thin, slight, tenuous -- more at THIN
1 : not dense : RARE
2 : not thick : SLENDER
3 a : having little substance or strength : FLIMSY, WEAK
synonym see THIN
- ten·u·ous·ly adverb
- ten·u·ous·ness noun
2006-09-04 13:48:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"After reading many of the questions and responses here on Yahoo! Answers, I have come to the conclusion that many Answers users have a tenuous (at best) grasp of written English."
There you go.
2006-09-04 13:46:56 · answer #7 · answered by wheezer_april_4th_1966 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
His claim against the defendant was tenuous at best.
2006-09-04 13:47:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tenuous is appropriate in that setting, but I think you would do better to say it is a TRIVIAL part of your life.
2006-09-04 13:49:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, it does make sense if that something is an arguement.. Thats having little substance part of your life., A tenuous Arguement.
2006-09-04 13:49:36 · answer #10 · answered by sweet_poetic_fire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋