finessing
present participle offinesse
finesse
verb[T]
uk/fɪˈnes/us/fɪˈnes/todealwith asituationor apersonin askilfuland oftenslightlydishonestway:
She finessed theinterviewbyplayingdown herlackofexperienceandtalkingabout herlong-standinginterestin thefield.
toimprovesomething so it is thebestit canpossiblybe:
After they'd finessed thesoftware, theyfollowedthepeopleusing it for severalmonths.
Cheating & tricking
- anti-fraud
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- bluff
- fiddle
- have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
- havesomeoneon
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- honeyfuggle
- hustle
- pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
- punk
- put one over onsomeoneidiom
- putsomethingacross/oversomeone
- putsomethingon
- racket
- snooker
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Making things better
Examplesoffinessing
finessing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
They were also more accurate as the movement of the decimal point to the right of a number permitted a high degree offinessing.
From theCambridge English Corpus
While these are important ideas for the understanding of this scene, their observations need somefinessing.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is an occasion when it is difficult, by doing a little tweaking orfinessing, to bring one group into line with the other.
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We are not concerned whether this was avoidance, or evasion, orfinessingor flouting of the law.
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It seems to me that we arefinessingaround fine points when we might go in for afforestation.
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I felt, as did my colleagues on the committee, as we listened to witnesses, that they were allfinessingfor position.
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When physical corners startfinessingit, that's not their style.
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- instrumental support
- instrumental teacher
- instrumental technique
- instrumental track
- instrumental value
- instrumental variable
- instrumental version
- instrumentation
- instrument builder
- instrument builder
- instrumented
- instrument landing
- instrument-landing
- instrument landing system
- instrument-landing-system
- instrument maker
- instrument maker
- initial activation
- initial adjustment
- initial allocation
- initial announcement
- initial appearance
- initial application
- initial appointment
- initial assessment