English-Swedish translations for finesse

• finess en
  Det behövs kanske större uppmärksamhet och mera esprit de finesse i dessa frågor.Perhaps these issues should be approached with greater attention and a greater esprit de finesse.
  Jag skulle vilja citera en turkisk tidning, tidningen Radical, som prisade texten eftersom " ...a été redigé avec finesse et précaution..." .Let me quote a Turkish newspaper, the Turkish paper Radical which praised this text as being 'rédigé avec finesse et précaution ' - carefully and delicately worded.

Definition of finesse

• Skill in the handling#Noun|handling or manipulation of a situation.
• The property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill.
• An adroit manoeuvre#Noun|manoeuvre.
• In bridge#Noun|bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win#Verb|win a trick#Noun|trick, usually by play#Verb|playing a card#Noun|card when it is thought that a card that can beat#Verb|beat it is hold#Verb|held by another player whose turn#Noun|turn is over.
• To evade by using some clever argument or strategem
• To play#Verb|play as a #Noun|finesse.
• To handle#Verb|handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way.
• To attempt#Verb|attempt to win#Verb|win a trick#Noun|trick by finessing.
• To play#Verb|play a ball#Noun|ball out of the way of an opponent

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