tenuity
- n relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
the tenuity of a hair - n a rarified quality
the tenuity of the upper atmosphere - n the quality of lacking intensity or substance
a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- An enormous head, with goggle eyes and a whopper jaw, was balanced on a frail body by means of a neck of extreme tenuity; and stooping shoulders with a long slouching gait did not .