tenty (tent i)

[Also tentie; a reduced form of tentive.] Attentive; cautious; careful. [Scotch.] Jean slips in twa with tentie e'e. Burns, Halloween. tenuate (ten'u-āt), v . t .; pret. and pp. tenuated , ppr. tenuating . [L. tenuatus , pp. of tenuare , make thin or slender, tenuis , thin: see tenu ous.] To make thin. [Rare.] Imp . Dict . tenues, ". Plural of tenuis .