finesse

IPA: fɪnˈɛs

(uncountable) Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation.
(uncountable) The property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill.
(countable) An adroit manoeuvre.
(countable, card games) 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.

(transitive, chiefly Canada, US, politics) To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem.
(transitive, intransitive) To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way.
(transitive, slang) To obtain something from someone through trickery or manipulation.
(intransitive, card games) To attempt to win a trick by finessing.
(transitive, card games) To play (a card) as a finesse.
(intransitive, croquet, obsolete) To play a ball out of the way of an opponent.

Examples of "finesse" in Sentences

Why does the mention of the word finesse incite so much anger inside an NFL locker room?
And left another light on other cheek bright li’en: I fain finesse my chiders when they mention him,
There were many times it seemed like Brees could spell the word finesse twice before anybody came close to him.
One finesse is that the sample can be in a solution, in the case of proteins their natural environment in the cell.
One face is very elegant and fine, close to Roman é e-Conti in finesse; the other side is more abrupt, monastic even.
Besides the multiple formations he devised, his run-first philosophy helped toughen a program that used to be damned with the label "finesse."
Yet when I went around the locker room asking Saints players why hearing the word finesse next to their team name upset them, it only seemed to ignite them.
Gergiev, his players, and his stable of Kirov singers are often ragged but what they lack in finesse or sheer lyrical beauty they more than make up for with gusto.
There's a certain finesse required for pulling off unforgettable sci-fi movies and I really hope Neil has it - I don't want a story with potential like this one becoming the next Jumper.