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Subtile :: Subtile (a.) Delicately constituted or constructed; nice; fine; delicate; tenuous; finely woven.

Ethereal :: Ethereal (a.) Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc..

Tenuous :: Tenuous (a.) Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.

Tenuious :: Tenuious (a.) Rare or subtile; tenuous; -- opposed to dense.

Wire :: Wire (v. i.) To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream..

Subtle :: Subtle (superl.) Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely discriminating; -- said of persons; as, a subtle logician; refined; tenuous; sinuous; insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; -- said of the mind; its faculties, or its operations; as, a subtle intellect; a subtle imagination; a subtle process of thought; also, difficult of apprehension; elusive..

Gaseous :: Gaseous (a.) Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous.

Tenuous :: Tenuous (a.) Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument..

Spirituous :: Spirituous (a.) Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure..

Spirit :: Spirit (n.) Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities..

Tenuous :: Tenuous (a.) Thin; slender; small; minute.

Tenuity :: Tenuity (n.) The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair..

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