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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fi•nesse /fɪˈnɛs/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- extreme delicacy or subtlety in performance;
skill in handling a difficult situation:He handled the outburst with finesse.
See -fin-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fi•nesse (fi ness′),USA pronunciation n., v., -nessed, -ness•ing. n. - extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
- skill in handling a difficult or highly sensitive situation;
adroit and artful management:exceptional diplomatic finesse. - a trick, artifice, or stratagem.
- Games[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.
v.i. - to use finesse or artifice.
- to make a finesse at cards.
v.t. - 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.
- Vulgar Latin *fīnitia. See fine1, -ice
- Middle French
- late Middle English: degree of excellence or purity 1400–50
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tact, diplomacy, savoir faire, circumspection, sensitivity, sensibility.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: finesse /fɪˈnɛs/ n - elegant skill in style or performance
- subtlety and tact in handling difficult situations
- 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
vb - to manage or bring about with finesse
- to play (a card) as a finesse
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French, from fin fine, delicate; see fine1 |