Webster's 3rd unabridged:
²finesse - ... 2: to bring about or manage by adroit maneuvering: MANEUVER
{the man who finessed the entry of American troops ... without firing a shot ...} ... get the better of by adroit maneuvering: get around: EVADE, TRICK ...
{finessed rather than faced the hottest critical barrage of his prime ministership ...} {felt that in some way he had been finessed, and was trying to figure out where ...}AHD:
finesse - to handle with subtle or evasive strategy:
finesse an embarrassing question.Oxford Amer. Dict.:
finesse - 1: do something with great subtlety and skill. 2: slyly attempt to avoid blame when dealing with a situation.
LEO:
to finesse - überlisten
https://dict.leo.org/dictQuery/m-vocab/ende/d... &directN=0&search=finesse
mit Geschick behandeln (H.B., #5 -- note that #1 is wrong)
related discussion: to finesse &lp=ende
[Like the other #1, this example is simply wrong -- the sentence should read 'refine']
related discussion: to finesse sth. &lp=ende
Pons-Collins:
finesse - ... (vi) (Cards) schneiden (vt) a: (= do with finesse) (problem) geschickt lösen; (= avoid) ausweichen (+dat) b: (Cards) schneiden
Wortschatz Uni Leipzig:
• Chinese travel agents say the law doesn't let them peddle gambling-focused trips, so they finesse it
• Few can finesse, as he does, the lickety-split life cycle of a midge and the grandiosity of lumbering geologic eras into the space of a couple of sentences
• One official said there was a chance that some of the four main points of contention — the withdrawal deadline, demand for inspections of U.S. arms shipments and a ban on using Iraqi territory for attacks on neighboring states — could be "finessed."
• Asked if his mother-in-law would be moving into the White House with his family, Obama finessed the question, displaying well-honed political instincts
• finessed a bridge between the populist and business wings of the party
• To the astonishment of many insiders, the trim, blond 31-year-old Swede has finessed tieups with Japan's two biggest wireless carriers
• John McCain and his handlers finessed nicely his dreadful medical records which were released last Friday
• Part of its genius was that Huckabee wholly finessed the real issue of Palin's meager experience
• It's a surprising admission after a campaign in which for two years Obama finessed his short tenure on Capitol Hill and brilliantly made lemonade from the lemons of his inexperience
• He finessed his way into a regular gig at The Comedy Store, where he impressed Rodney Dangerfield
• Many who listened to Obama's speech yesterday at the National Constitution Center wondered how he would finesse the remarks of his friend and minister, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.
• Shared memory systems can finesse the bandwidth restrictions
• Last season's biggest surprise was just how easily the Lakers managed to finesse the Jazz during the traditionally ultra-physical playoffs
• Presidents can do whatever they want and then finesse the consequences, escaping any real accountability
• To finesse that conflict, Capital Metro long ago formed StarTran, which is housed within the agency, to manage and negotiate with its union workers
• Trying to finesse the tax impact after the bonds have matured isn't going to work
• Its abrasive chairperson and chief executive ... had attempted to finesse a merger with the ... Bank
• a way to finesse issues of temperature and timing, when you want a sophisticated cold note to the end of your meal but don't want to waste any of your patio downtime laboring over fussy desserts in the kitchen
• H. is trying to finesse an arrangement whereby North Korea does not have to disclose past activities
• missed all eight of his second-half attempts, trying to finesse shots past T.
• His opponents will finesse him by promising a fine-sounding "restructured" tax system
• Rice rose to prominence as the go-to midlevel adviser who helped the first President George Bush finesse the relationship with the Russians as their Eastern European satellites slipped away
• The way is to finesse these horses into doing what you want them to do
• One school of thought is that the only way for Jagr to return is for him to accept a lesser role and an incentive-laden, one-year deal in order for the Rangers to finesse the salary cap
• Once the hook is set, the rod gives you the control you need to finesse the fish into the net
• he tried to finesse whether the Confederate flag should fly over the South Carolina state Capitol
• Kobe will finesse you and go around you
• Fonda, in Fail-Safe (1964), and Sellers, in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove (1964), must both finesse the Soviets after the United States accidentally launches a nuclear attack
• he can finesse his way through a ball game to maximum effect because of his smarts
• trying to finesse his way through the toughest lineup in baseball
• tried unsuccessfully three times to finesse his ball up a steep slope in front of the green
• In the end, trying to finesse one's way through battles is hardly worth the trouble
• The presence of Gates also will help finesse Obamas relationship with Gen. David Petraeus, the former U.S. commander in Iraq and now the head of the U.S. Central Command, which includes Iraq and Afghanistan
• The new government seems likely to try to finesse the issue while hoping not to antagonize Chaudhry's supporters
• Microsoft, like a lot of traditional vendors, is trying to finesse the cloud computing trend by offering it as an alternative delivery option to its software solutions
• suggested that Bernanke was trying to use words to finesse a difficult period for Fed policy makers
• with more hotels tacking on parking fees and with such fees going up, up, up, let's hear about ways readers finesse this
• for many of us who saw Obama as a truly transformational figure, this is an issue he can't finesse.
• Private companies know how to "live within the law" when it comes to archived e-mail, where they can finesse the rules to their own advantage
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