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1. (n.) finesse
extreme delicacy or subtlety in performance, skill, discrimination, etc.
2. finesse
skill and adroitness in handling a difficult or highly sensitive situation.
3. finesse
a trick, artifice, or stratagem.
4. finesse
an attempt to win a trick in bridge with a card lower than one in an opponent's hand.
5. (v.i.) finesse
to use finesse or artifice.
6. finesse
to make a finesse at cards.
7. (v.t.) finesse
to bring about by finesse or artifice.
8. finesse
to avoid; circumvent.
9. finesse
to make a finesse with (a card).
10. finesse
to force the playing of (a card) by a finesse.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME: degree of excellence or purity < MF < VL *fīnitia. See fine1, -ice)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, finesse
subtly skillful handling of a situation
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) finesse
subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem
2. (adj) finesse
the act of finessing. See Finesse, v. i., 2
3. (verb) finesse
to use artifice or stratagem
4. (verb) finesse
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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Sense: cleverness and skill in dealing with a situation etc
She managed that situation with great finesse.
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 Afrikaans: subtiliteit; fynigheid; k |
 Arabic: أناقَه |
 Bulgarian: финес |
 Brazilian: sutileza |
 Czech: obratnost |
 German: die Schlauheit |
 Danish: snilde; diplomati; dygtig |
 Greek: διπλωματία, διπλωματικότη |
 Spanish: delicadeza |
 Estonian: osavus |
 Farsi: مهارت |
 Finnish: taidokkuus |
 French: finesse |
 Hebrew: כִּישָרוֹן וטקט |
 Hindi: चतुराई |
 Croatian: spretnost, taktičnost |
 Hungarian: fortély, finesz |
 Indonesian: kecerdikan |
 Icelandic: fágun, snilli, kunnátta |
 Italian: finezza |
 Japanese: 手ぎわのよさ |
 Korean: 솜씨, 수완 |
 Lithuanian: taktas, diplomatiškumas |
 Latvian: smalkums; taktiskums |
 Malay: kehalusan |
 Dutch: finesse |
 Norwegian: behendighet, listighet |
 Polish: finezja |
 Persian: مهارت |
 Pashto: تيز فكرى، ځير كى، چالاكى |
 Portuguese: subtileza |
 Romanian: fineţe |
 Russian: деликатность |
 Slovak: obratnosť |
 Slovenian: spretnost |
 Serbian: veština |
 Swedish: finess |
 Thai: ความสามารถในการแก้ไขสถานก |
 Turkish: ustalık, maharet |
 Taiwanese: 手腕，技巧 |
 Ukrainian: майстерність; хитрощі |
 Urdu: نفاست ، ہنر مندی |
 Vietnamese: sự khéo léo; mưu mẹo |
 Chinese: 手腕，技巧，策略 |
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