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Finesse
| Finesse Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Finesse?
[n] subtly skillful handling of a situation
Synonyms | Synonyms for Finesse: delicacy |
diplomacy |
discreetness
Related Terms | Find terms related to Finesse: ability |
acquired taste |
acuteness |
address |
adeptness |
adroitness |
airmanship |
angle |
appreciation |
appreciation of differences |
appreciation of excellence |
appreciativeness |
art |
artfulness |
artifice |
artisanship |
artistic judgment |
artistry |
astuteness |
beguile |
bluff |
bravura |
brew |
brilliance |
cabal |
cageyness |
callidity |
canniness |
capability |
capacity |
choiceness |
civilized taste |
civilizedness |
cleverness |
collude |
collusion |
command |
competence |
complicity |
complot |
con |
concoct |
confederacy |
connivance |
connive |
connoisseurship |
conspiracy |
conspire |
contrivance |
contriving |
control |
cook up |
coordination |
countermine |
counterplot |
covin |
craft |
craftiness |
craftsmanship |
critical niceness |
criticalness |
cultivated taste |
cultivation |
culture |
cunning |
cunningness |
daintiness |
dash |
deceit |
deceive |
deception |
deep-laid plot |
deftness |
delicacy |
delude |
device |
dexterity |
dexterousness |
dextrousness |
diplomacy |
discretion |
discriminating taste |
discriminatingness |
discrimination |
discriminativeness |
dodge |
efficiency |
elan |
elegance |
engineer |
engineering |
excellence |
expedient |
expertise |
expertness |
exploit |
facility |
fastidiousness |
feel |
feeling |
finagle |
finagling |
fine Italian hand |
fine palate |
fool |
foxiness |
frame |
frame up |
frame-up |
game |
gamesmanship |
good taste |
grace |
gracefulness |
gracility |
graciosity |
graciousness |
grip |
guile |
handiness |
hatch |
hatch a plot |
hatch up |
hoodwink |
horsemanship |
ingeniousness |
ingenuity |
insidiousness |
intrigue |
inventiveness |
Italian hand |
jockey |
judiciousness |
knack |
know-how |
lay a plot |
little game |
machinate |
machination |
making distinctions |
maneuver |
maneuvering |
manipulate |
manipulation |
marksmanship |
mastership |
mastery |
niceness |
niceness of distinction |
nicety |
one-upmanship |
operate |
outwit |
palate |
panache |
play |
plot |
plotting |
polish |
practical ability |
proficiency |
prowess |
quality |
quickness |
readiness |
refined discrimination |
refined palate |
refinement |
resource |
resourcefulness |
rig |
rigging |
ruse |
satanic cunning |
savoir-faire |
savvy |
scheme |
schemery |
scheming |
seamanship |
selectiveness |
sense |
sensibility |
sensitivity |
sharpness |
shift |
shiftiness |
shrewdness |
skill |
skillfulness |
slipperiness |
slyness |
sneakiness |
sophistication |
sophistry |
stealth |
stealthiness |
stratagem |
strategy |
style |
subtilty |
subtleness |
subtlety |
suppleness |
tact |
tactfulness |
talent |
taste |
tastefulness |
technical brilliance |
technical mastery |
technical skill |
technique |
timing |
trick |
trickiness |
twist and turn |
underplot |
virtuosity |
wangle |
wariness |
web of intrigue |
wile |
wiles |
wiliness |
wire-pulling |
wit |
wizardry |
workmanship
See Also | tact |
tactfulness
Finesse In Webster's Dictionary
\Fi`nesse"\ (? or ?), n. [F., fr. fin fine. See {Fine},
a.]
1. Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice;
stratagem.
This is the artificialest piece of finesse to
persuade men into slavery. --Milton.
2. (Whist Playing) The act of finessing. See {Finesse}, v.
i., 2.
\Fi*nesse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Finessed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Finessing}.]
1. To use artifice or stratagem. --Goldsmith.
2. (Whist Playing) To attempt, when second or third player,
to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when
an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its
being held by the opponent yet to play.
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