tenuity

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
noun a rarified quality
noun the quality of lacking intensity or substance; - Nathaniel Hawthorne

From tenu(ous) + -ity, from Latin tenuitas.

The long arm of coincidence stretched to aching tenuity by the dramatist and the novelist! — The Dop Doctor, Richard Dehan
It was the incorruptible spirit that cried aloud; but there was no shrill tenuity in its cry. — The Creators: A Comedy, May Sinclair
An emblem of tenuity We witness every day; Behold the corset-and you'll see The whale-bone comes to STAY. — The New Pun Book, Unknown

thinness, slenderness

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