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finesse
[fi-ness]
noun
extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
Synonyms: , , , ,skill in handling a difficult or highly sensitive situation; adroit and artful management.
exceptional diplomatic finesse.
Synonyms: , , , ,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
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of finesse1
Example Sentences
No amount of on-paper perfection can match the cool finesse of an ex you never really got over.
She commands the stage with rhetorical finesse, making it all the more disappointing that her character isn’t more complexly deployed by O’Hara.
their dish lacked in finesse, it offered in potential: a reminder that hollandaise, for all its French culinary pedigree, is more of a canvas than a mandate.
A flurry of changes brought about some fight and finesse, but as Scotland shot-stopper and player of the match Lee Gibson said post-match it was, again, "too little, too late".
It's possible that they'll finesse their way out of it somehow.
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