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(Entry 1 of 2)
mental skill or quickness
- maneuvered his opponent into checkmate with his customary finesse
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- artfulness,
- artifice,
- caginess
- (also cageyness),
- canniness,
- craft,
- craftiness,
- cunning,
- cunningness,
- deviousness,
- foxiness,
- guile,
- slickness,
- slyness,
- sneakiness,
- subtleness,
- wiliness
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finesse
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of finesse (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care
- had to finesse the schedule a bit to fit in another patient that afternoon
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2
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
- tried to finesse the blame for the foreign policy fiasco, even though he was secretary of state at the time
Synonyms for finesse
- avoid,
- dodge,
- duck,
- elude,
- escape,
- eschew,
- evade,
- get around,
- scape,
- shake,
- shirk,
- shuffle (out of),
- shun,
- weasel (out of)
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“Finesse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finesse. Accessed 7 Dec. 2021.
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