Crossword-Solution: FINESSING 9 letters, 4 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 13

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Finessing p. pr. & vb. n. of Finesse

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Using a bridge ploy 1 answer
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with FINESSING (5)

After a good deal of finessing she consented, and the next day, with a single word, packed him off to Naples to drown his sorrow in debauchery.
Roderick Hudson Henry James 2006
The game at which they were playing was “Napoleon.” Both were adepts at it, and I could not help admiring the consummate nerve of men who, with such a secret at their hearts, could devote their minds to the manipulating of a long suit or the finessing of a queen.
The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales Arthur Conan Doyle 2008
But he had, himself, no money now; could only try finessing by ambassadors, try a little menacing by them; neither of which profited.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Volume IV. (of XXI.) Thomas Carlyle 2000
And before Neisse can be thought of, there is a whole Europe, bickering aloft into conflict; embattling itself from end to end, in sequel of Mollwitz Battle; and such a preliminary sea of negotiating, diplomatic finessing, pulse-feeling, projecting and palavering, with Friedrich for centre all summer, as--as I wish readers could imagine without my speaking of it farther! But they cannot.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.) Thomas Carlyle 2000
The Russians leave off cannonading Breslau; cross Oder, about Auras or Leubus (August 11th-12th); and Loudon, after some finessing, marches back Schweidnitz-way, cautiously, skilfully; followed by Friedrich, anxious to prevent a junction here too or at lowest to do some stroke before it occur.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XX. (of XXI.) Thomas Carlyle 2000

Quotes with FINESSING (2)

There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley
Jane Austen Emma
By learning about my body and making small, subtle changes, I find out what I enjoy and what is effective. I'm always finessing: adjusting my diet and my workouts. You have to figure out which exercises are fun and interesting and stimulate your brain - or else you'll never keep at them.
Lisa Edelstein
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Appears in: Newsday, USA TODAY.

Used 3 times in crossword archives (2004–2021).