vi to use artifice or stratagem.
2. finesse ·adj the act of finessing. ·see finesse, ·vi, 2.
3. finesse ·adj subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem.
4. finesse ·vi 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.