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The Meaning of finesse
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(a.) Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem.
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(a.) The act of finessing. See Finesse, v. i., 2.
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(v. i.) To use artifice or stratagem.
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(v. i.) To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play.
Synonyms
diplomatic negotiations
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daintiness
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dainty
,
diplomacy
,
delicacy
,
statesmanship
,
prudence
,
circumspection
,
slightness
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discreetness
,
fineness
,
airiness
,
treat
,
fragility
,
kickshaw
,
goody
,
discretion
,
statecraft
,
artifice
,
art
,
craft
,
invention
,
stratagem
,
blind
,
cunning
,
fraud
,
machination
,
subterfuge
,
cheat
,
device
,
guile
,
maneuver
,
trick
,
contrivance
,
dodge
,
imposture
,
ruse
,
wile
Antonyms
fairness
,
honesty
,
sincerity
,
candor
,
guilelessness
,
innocence
,
simplicity
,
truth
,
artlessness
,
frankness
,
ingenuousness
,
openness
Rhymes
abs
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abscess
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abts
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access
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acquiesce
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address
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adss
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aggress
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assess
,
attests
,
bess
,
besse
,
bless
,
bress
,
bresse
,
caress
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ccs
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ches
,
chess
,
cmos
,
coalesce
,
compress
,
confess
,
contests
,
convalesce
,
cress
,
depress
,
digests
,
digress
,
dispossess
,
distress
,
dress
,
egress
,
ellesse
,
ess
,
esse
,
etess
,
excess
,
express
,
fess
,
fluoresce
,
fress
,
gess
,
gless
,
gress
,
guess
,
hces
,
headdress
,
hess
,
hesse
,
impress
,
ines
,
inverness
,
jess
,
kess
,
kless
,
kness
,
kress
,
kresse
,
kubes
,
largesse
,
lcs
,
les
,
less
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letterpress
,
ls
,
mess
,
ness
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nevertheless
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noblesse
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nonetheless
,
oas
,
obsess
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oppress
,
outguess
,
overdress
,
pesce
,
pless
,
possess
,
press
,
presse
,
process
,
profess
,
progress
,
protests
,
ques
,
reassess
,
recess
,
redress
,
refenes
,
regress
,
reinvests
,
repossess
,
repress
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requests
,
ress
,
s
,
simplesse
,
stds
,
stress
,
success
,
suppress
,
tcas
,
tess
,
transgress
,
tress
,
ts
,
undress
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unless
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uss
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vess
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watercress
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wes
,
wess
,
ws
,
yes