Short and Tenuous

Short

Short adjective - Having relatively little height.

Tenuous and short are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tenuous" instead an adjective "Short".

Tenuous

Tenuous adjective - Very thin in gauge or diameter.

Short and tenuous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Short" instead an adjective "Tenuous".

Nearby Words: tenuously, tenuity

Both words in one sentence

  • Bat Deduction In the first season finale of Rooster Teeth short films, Matt leads Joel through a massive Bat Deduction that ties together all of the previous episodes with rather tenuous connections.
    Source: Bat Deduction
  • Useful Notes / John Tyler He was a longtime Democratic-Republican who was elected to the Vice Presidency on the Whig ticket, so he was rather unpopular and had several disagreements with his former political supporters and had a tenuous relationship with his predecessor during his short Vice Presidency.
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