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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | tenuis 'thin, tenuous' |
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ten‧u‧ous
1 a situation or relationship that is tenuous is uncertain, weak, or likely to change : For now, the band's travel plans are tenuous.
For now, the band's travel plans are tenuous. tenuous link/connection etc The United Peace Alliance had only a tenuous connection with the organized Labour movement. The link between her family and the King's is rather tenuous.
The United Peace Alliance had only a tenuous connection with the organized Labour movement.The link between her family and the King's is rather tenuous.2 literary very thin and easily broken
—tenuously adverb
