finesse vs genius

finesse

noun
  • The property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill. 

  • An adroit manoeuvre. 

  • In bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win a trick, usually by playing a card when it is thought that a card that can beat it is held by another player whose turn is over. 

  • Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation. 

verb
  • To play (a card) as a finesse. 

  • To obtain something from someone through trickery or manipulation. 

  • To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem. 

  • To attempt to win a trick by finessing. 

  • To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way. 

genius

noun
  • Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc. 

  • Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process. 

  • Extraordinary mental capacity. 

  • The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person. 

adj
  • Ingenious, brilliant, very clever, or original. 

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