TENUOUSLY

tenuously

(adverb) in a tenuous manner; “his works tenuously survive in the minds of a few scholars”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

tenuously (comparative more tenuously, superlative most tenuously)

In a tenuous manner.

Source: Wiktionary


TENUOUS

Ten"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. tenuis thin. See Thin, and cf. Tenuis.]

1. Thin; slender; small; minute.

2. Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.

Definition: Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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MEGALITH

(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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