tenuously
The adverb tenuously means in a weak or insubstantial way. If you tenuously understand French, you're probably not fluent enough to have a meaningful conversation with your Parisian cabdriver.
Tenuously and the adjective tenuous share the Latin root tenuis, or "thin." Things that are done tenuously have a literal or figurative thinness to them. If you're tenuously disguised as your dad, you may simply be wearing his favorite hat — the masquerade is truly insubstantial. And if a politician tenuously links an opponent's policies to an economic downturn, the connection is also too thin to be trusted.
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in a tenuous manner“his works tenuously survive in the minds of a few scholars”
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Vocabulary lists containing tenuously
This list covers "Sure You Can Ask Me A Personal Question," Angela's Ashes, "Why I Lied to Everyone in High School About Knowing Karate."
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After her death, fifteen-year-old Liz ends up in a strange place called Elsewhere, where she will have to live her life in reverse until she becomes a baby again.