Noun : exceptional diplomatic finesse. From Dictionary.com.
In management-speak it was known as finessing the situation. From Wordnik.com. [Flash] Reference
I share Citizen’s position (stated above) - and hope – on the role of globalization in finessing the race/color question. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Western Conference] Reference
Though he added: "I'm not saying it's not going to happen," he said the plans needed "finessing". From Wordnik.com. [General doubts feasibility of bringing all troops home from Germany] Reference
By finessing he may lose 27 points and a penalty of. From Wordnik.com. [Auction of To-day] Reference
Wondered if he'd seen something or was just finessing. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Waltz]
Then all too keenly she felt the finessing of his tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Heaven's Price]
Rather than finessing and massaging the Zimbabwean issue the. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The tooth took some finessing for the dentist to pull it out. From Wordnik.com. [dulligirl Diary Entry] Reference
BLITZER: How is he, Harold Ford Jr., how is he finessing this?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2006] Reference
We would have tried, and maybe succeeded, in finessing a confession. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Coyote]
He's also finessing his latest remarks about the Iraqi prime minister. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 22, 2007] Reference
OAKLEY: I don't think there is a very easy way of finessing the issue. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2006] Reference
It's worth noting that Giuliani has been finessing this issue for years. From Wordnik.com. [Rudy on Gays in the Military: Not Now] Reference
So Olmert switched his "convergence" to "realignment" - finessing a border one. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Halper's "An Israeli in Palestine" - Part II] Reference
It's finessing a position versus a clear "no" position and in the same time-frame. From Wordnik.com. [Novak: Hillary Supporters "Truly Worried" About Obama] Reference
Despite nearly 20 years of trying, there is simply no finessing these differences. From Wordnik.com. [The Annapolis Fiasco] Reference
This method of finessing the issue drew the charge of “creeping infallibilism.”. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to the Editor] Reference
"You're better at finessing those drop-everything requests than I am," Rodgers said. From Wordnik.com. [Mission Of Honor]
But this is something that is really all about the language, finessing the language. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2003] Reference
After some finessing, the Government showed a determination to go on with both bills. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines] Reference
The magistrate ordered the mosque padlocked, finessing the issue for the next 37 years. From Wordnik.com. [Holy War In India] Reference
Admittedly, politics is often the art of squaring circles and finessing inconsistencies. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Green: 7 Days: Spinning 12 Hypocrisies w/ Huffington, Vanden Heuvel, Bender & Green] Reference
It may involve finessing the truth or outright lying, but the purpose is always self-serving. From Wordnik.com. [A Cure For Common B.S.] Reference
And there was a real pleasure in being part of a team and finessing a suspect into confessing. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
And with no obvious solutions in Baghdad, all the candidates are stuck finessing a bad situation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2007] Reference
"That's the basic weakness in routine intelligence procedure; you start finessing before finesse is required.". From Wordnik.com. [The Stars My Destination]
` That's the basic weakness in routine intelligence procedure; you start finessing before finesse is required. '. From Wordnik.com. [Tiger! Tiger!]
Yet already he was maneuvering to upgrade his chances, playing the subgrid, finessing the choices in the way he had. From Wordnik.com. [Split Infinity]
HAYES: He wasn't finessing his answer, he was changing his answer and it's not the same answer that he gave a year ago. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2008] Reference
I think there is a difference between "finessing" and "clarifying" - Gibson had presented a misleading quote (dare we say, a. From Wordnik.com. [Patterico's Pontifications] Reference
But the man who used to advise White House aides on finessing talk show questions found Condoleezza Rice doing exactly that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 21, 2002] Reference
And you point that out in your article about skirting the rules and sort of finessing it to work to the way they want it to work. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 30, 2008] Reference
In that case, a conservative would recommend finessing the analysis to ensure that the concept of disease does not cover this case. From Wordnik.com. [Concepts of Disease and Health] Reference
GLORIA BORGER, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Well, I think that's why you saw him finessing the issue on negotiating with Iran today. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2008] Reference
He could still succeed by finessing in hearts, but if instead he runs the diamonds and leads a second club to his queen, he goes down. From Wordnik.com. [Bridge] Reference
After Andela had spent the Saturday evening finessing the sleeping arrangements, Nadezda and I found ourselves forced to share a bedroom. From Wordnik.com. [Once upon a life: Toby Litt] Reference
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