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WesternAmerican Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Finnese as a verb or an adjective?

What does it mean? Is it natural to use this word, and what's the adj form in case it's a verb?
  

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Hi WesternAmerican, Do you mean 'finesse'? The word 'finesse', according to my dictionary, could be either a noun or a verb. It is not an adjective.

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  • Hi WesternAmerican, Do you mean 'finesse'?
  • The word 'finesse', according to my dictionary, could be either a noun or a verb.
  • It is not an adjective.
  • finesse noun [ U ] great skill or style It was a disappointing performance which lacked finesse .
  • finesse verb [ T ] to deal with a situation or a person in a skilful and often slightly dishonest way She finessed the interview by playing down her lack of experience and talking about her long-standing interest in the field.
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Hi WesternAmerican,

Do you mean 'finesse'? The word 'finesse', according to my dictionary, could be either a noun or a verb. It is not an adjective.

finesse noun [ U ]
great skill or style
It was a disappointing performance which lacked finesse.

finesse verb [ T ]
to deal wit
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Hi, as a student of modern writing, I have myself used finessed as an adjective. It is the past participle of the verb finesse, and there are innumerable participles (present and past) used as adjectives, e.g. hurried, wasted. So you may see "finessed" used in this manner, although dictionaries and spell-checkers do not yet recognize it. The question would be whether it refers to the ac

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