Both Uses of
tenuous
in
Of Human Bondage
- But the day, tender and pale, had broken now, and the mist was tenuous; it bathed everything in a soft radiance; and the Thames was gray, rosy, and green; gray like mother-of-pearl and green like the heart of a yellow rose.†
Chpt 113-114
- There was a tenuous mist in the distance, and it softened exquisitely the noble lines of the buildings.†
Chpt 121-122 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(tenuous) weak or having little substance
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, tenuous can mean that something is thin in consistency or diameter.