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▸ noun:  (uncountable) Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) The property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill.
▸ noun:  (countable) An adroit manoeuvre.
▸ noun:  (countable, card games) In bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win a trick, usually by playing a card when it is thought that a card that can beat it is held by another player whose turn is over.
▸ verb:  (transitive, chiefly Canada, US, politics) To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem.
▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way.
▸ verb:  (transitive, slang) To obtain something from someone through trickery or manipulation.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, card games) To attempt to win a trick by finessing.
▸ verb:  (transitive, card games) To play (a card) as a finesse.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, croquet, obsolete) To play a ball out of the way of an opponent.

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