📖 Definitions of "Finesse"
noun
- 1
Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation.
- 2
The property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill.
- 3
An adroit manoeuvre.
- 4
In bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win a trick, usually by playing a card when it is thought that a card that can beat it is held by another player whose turn is over.
verb
- 1
To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or strategem.
- 2
To play (a card) as a finesse.
- 3
To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way.
- 4
To attempt to win a trick by finessing.
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