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finesse
[ fi-ness ]
noun
- extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
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- skill in handling a difficult or highly sensitive situation; adroit and artful management:
exceptional diplomatic finesse.
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- a trick, artifice, or stratagem.
- Bridge, Whist. an attempt to win a trick with a card while holding a higher card not in sequence with it, in the hope that the card or cards between will not be played.
verb (used without object)
- to use finesse or artifice.
- to make a finesse at cards.
verb (used with object)
- to bring about by finesse or artifice.
- to avoid; circumvent.
- to make a finesse with (a card).
- to force the playing of (a card) by a finesse.
finesse
/ ɪˈɛ /
noun
- elegant skill in style or performance
- subtlety and tact in handling difficult situations
- bridge whist an attempt to win a trick when opponents hold a high card in the suit led by playing a lower card, hoping the opponent who has already played holds the missing card
- a trick, artifice, or strategy
verb
- to manage or bring about with finesse
- to play (a card) as a finesse
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of finesse1
Example Sentences
It will be a tall order requiring extraordinary political finesse to regain support on both flanks.
While Cooper scraped together the tiny budget from his own money, with help from family, and finessed Levy’s cooperation, Burke promised him they could shoot the film in a week.
The administration tried to finesse it by saying that war plans aren't classified, which is pathetic, but they managed to quiet the calls for Hegseth to resign.
The deadpan humor and psychological peril of it all is handled with prickly finesse for a good while, even as the darkness begins to set in on their desires and dreams.
Many California hotels have finessed the issue by restricting children’s access without banning them.
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