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finessenoun mental skill or quicknessmaneuvered his opponent into checkmate with his customary finesse adroitness, cleverness, dexterity, sleight ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, faculty, knack, prowess, talentcompetence, competency, efficiency, expertise, know-how, proficiencyingeniousness, ingenuity, resourcefulnesssavvy, sharpness, shrewdnessartfulness, artifice, caginess(also cageyness), canniness, craft, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, deviousness, foxiness, guile, slickness, slyness, sneakiness, subtleness, wiliness inadequacy, incompetence, incompetency, ineptitude, ineptnessbrainlessness, denseness, density, doltishness, dopiness, dullness(also dulness), dumbness, fatuity, foolishness, mindlessness, obtuseness, senselessness, simpleness, slowness, stupidity, stupidness, witlessness finesseverbto plan out usually with subtle skill or carehad to finesse the schedule a bit to fit in another patient that afternoon contrive, engineer, finagle, frame, machinate, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, negotiate, wangle arrange, concert, conclude, hammer out, work outangle (for), compass, intrigue, plot, schemeconnivebrew, concoct, cook (up), hatchcaptain, command, conduct, direct, handle, manage, quarterback, rungerrymander blow, bobble, botch, bungle, butcher, flub, fumble, gum (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), mishandle, muff to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickerytried to finesse the blame for the foreign policy fiasco, even though he was secretary of state at the time avoid, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, get around, scape, shake, shirk, shuffle (out of), shun, weasel (out of) missavert, deflect, divert, obviate, parry, prevent, ward (off)ban, bar, debar, eliminate, except, exclude, preclude, rule outbypass, circumvent, skirtfoil, fox, frustrate, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, thwart fight shy of, keep clear of, stay clear of, steer clear of accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek, welcomecatch, contract, incur in the 15th century |