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Finesse synonyms and antonyms

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adroitness
Displays of skillfulness or ease of ability.
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dexterity
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maneuver
To manage or plan skillfully or shrewdly; manipulate or scheme
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diplomacy
Skill in doing this
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ability (related)
A skill, talent, or capacity:
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tact (related)
(Music) The stroke in beating time.
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adeptness
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delicacy
Fineness of touch, skill, etc.
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skill
(Chiefly dialectal) To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to).
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art (related)
(Countable) A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
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artifice
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cunning
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manipulate
To manage or control artfully or by shrewd use of influence, often in an unfair or fraudulent way
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operate
(Informal) To conduct business in an irregular or devious manner:
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savvy
(Slang) To understand; get the idea
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stratagem
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subtlety
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clumsiness (antonym)
A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.
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ignorance (antonym)
The definition of ignorance is being unaware, uneducated or unknowledgeable.
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mishandle (antonym)
To handle incorrectly, to make a mistake in handling a thing or situation.
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bobble (antonym)
(Informal) To deal with awkwardly or unskillfully; specif., to make a bobble with (a ball)
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engineer
To plan or achieve some goal by contrivance or guile; to wangle or finagle.
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worm
(Intransitive, figuratively) To work one's way by artful or devious means.
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finagle
To obtain or achieve by cleverness or deceit, especially in persuading someone:
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wangle
To obtain or achieve by cleverness or deceit, especially in persuading someone:
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trump
Trump is defined as to get the better of someone using a hidden resource.
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one-up
One-up is defined as to try to have an advantage over someone.
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get (related)
(Copulative) To become.
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make (related)
To arrange or agree to:
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discreetness
The state or quality of being discreet.
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flair (related)
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technical-skill (related)
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flamboyance (related)
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virtuosity (related)
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guile
To deceive, to beguile
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win (related)
To receive as a prize or reward for performance:
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panache (related)
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Finesse Sentence Examples

  • This lady wore it with the finesse of a duchess.

  • He privately gloated at his finesse; I think I'm going to break a record here.

  • If in technical finesse he was surpassed by many of his predecessors and his subordinates, he had the most important qualities of a great captain, courage that rose higher with each obstacle, and the clear judgment to distinguish the essential from the minor issues in war.

  • It required all Elizabeths finesse to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds; but she was, as Henry III.

  • After a rather ineffective artillery bombardment the Japanese advanced in full force, without hesitation or finesse, and plunging into the river, stormed forward under a heavy fire.

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