refined skill and delicacy in handling situations

• elegant grace or polish in manner or execution

a subtle, skillful move or stratagem

in bridge: a play to win a trick by leading a lower honor, hoping the higher opposing honor is with the left-hand opponent

to handle or manage something delicately and skillfully

to evade a problem by clever argument or maneuvering

• to obtain something by manipulation or trickery

in card games: to attempt a win by finessing a card

in sports: to play a ball cleverly past an opponent