(uncountable) Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation.

(uncountable) The property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill.

(countable) An adroit manoeuvre.

Evade a problem or situation cleverly, handle or manage something skillfully, and obtain something through trickery or manipulation.

(intransitive, card games) To attempt to win a trick by finessing.

(transitive, card games) To play (a card) as a finesse.

(intransitive, croquet, obsolete) To play a ball out of the way of an opponent.