Definition of "finessed" [finessed]

• Simple past tense and past participle of finesse. (verb)

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• "May I gently remind the Times editors that constitutional rights are not to be "finessed" in committee bargaining sessions, as they so recommend?"
• "She rejected the assertion that South Africa had "finessed" its position."
• "Barack Obama "finessed" himself right off the wall recently as did the senior Senator from California, whose name eludes me at the moment."