finasser, v.n., to shuffle, to finesse.
finasserie (fi-na-srî), n.f., finesse, petty trickery; shirking.
finasseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., artful dodger.
finaud, -e, n. and adj., sly, artful, cunning person, sly-boots; sly, artful.
finement (fi-n-mān), adv., artfully, slyly, delicately, ingeniously, shrewdly; archly.
finesse, n.f., fineness; delicacy; ingenuity; finesse, artifice, craftiness, slyness, craft, shrewdness. User de —; to display cunning. Faire — d’une chose; to make a secret of a thing. Entendre — à une chose; to put a malicious construction or interpretation on a thing. Des —s cousues de fil blanc; artifices easily seen through.
finet, -te, adj., (l.u.) sly, subtle, cunning.
finette, n.f., thin stuff, tissue, flannelette.
fini, -e, part., finished, ended, complete. C’est une affaire —e; it is a settled matter.
fini, n.m., finish, high finish; finite, perfection. Donner le — à; to finish off, or to put the finishing touch to. Le — et l’infini; the finite and the infinite.