tenuity

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Its two cardinal defects are lack of simplicity of treatment, and tenuity or triviality of the subject, or plot.

From John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings by Kennedy, W. Sloane

This tenuity is shown by the fact that stars were seen through the tail “as if the tail did not exist.”

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard

The atmosphere, because of its great tenuity, mobility and comparative imponderability, presents little resistance to bodies passing through it at low velocities.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

With this in his hand, the workman carefully traces the outlines of his drawing, which the tenuity of the saw-blade allows the tool to follow into every curve and angle.

From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.

If this be so, the action of the Himalayas must be counteracted by subterranean tenuity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various