finesse
noun
extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
are finessing
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present progressiveof finesse.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Ingenious!" said Mr. Pleydell, "but I think desperate—they are finessing too much; a common fault on such occasions."
From Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott
