[fi.nesse] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. fin] (1528) 1: refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture
2: skillful handling of a situation: adroit maneuvering
3: the withholding of one's highest card or trump in the hope that a lower card will take the trick because the only opposing higher card is in the hand of an opponent who has already played
[2]finesse vb fi.nessed ; fi.ness.ing vi (1746): to make a finesse in playing cards ~ vt 1: to play (a card) in a finesse
2. a: to bring about or manage by adroit maneuvering "~ his way through tight places --Marquis James" b: evade, trick