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tenuous adjective airy, attenuated, delicate, fine, flimsy, illusory, inconsequential, infinitesimal, little, miniature, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, scant, slender, slight, small, thin, tiny, trifling, trivial, unsubstantial See also: illusory, insignificant, insubstantial, marginal, nonsubstantial, null, slight How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Science fiction deals with the possible (though not necessarily probable), being based, however tenuously, on scientific (hard or soft) knowledge; fantasy deals with the impossible, being based on magic or the supernatural. In one such instance of revelation, the artist's palette in Palette, which according to Kiefer "represents the idea of the artist connecting heaven and earth," is depicted tenuously suspended between two burning ropes--yet here the painting's mood is heroic, defiant, triumphant. Thomas held that all knowledge begins in the senses, so that we can only work back slowly and tenuously to more general conclusions, with errors in reasoning threatening us each step of the way. |
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