finesse
pronunciation
How to pronounce finesse in British English:
UK [fɪˈnes]
How to pronounce finesse in American English:
US [fəˈnɛs]
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- Noun:
- subtly skillful handling of a situation
Word Origin
- finesse (n.)
- 1520s, "fineness" (obsolete); 1530s, "artifice, delicate stratagem," from Middle French finesse "fineness, subtlety," from Old French fin "subtle, delicate" (see fine (adj.)).
- finesse (v.)
- "to use fine stratagems," 1746, originally as a term in whist; see finesse (n.). Related: Finessed; finessing.
Example
- 1. Disassembly demands a bit of finesse .
- 2. Washington will need finesse to get it right .
- 3. But they require diplomatic skills to equal the financial finesse it demonstrated last year to the satisfaction of shareholders .
- 4. Over the years , basketball pundits have described yao as a " finesse player " who had trouble banging inside with the big men of the nba .
- 5. Disassembly demands a bit of finesse . Although you 're not tinkering with a fine swiss watch .