1. Finesse.
2. Raffinement.
ETYM From Delicate.
1. Refined taste; tact; SYN. discretion.
2. Smallness of stature; SYN. slightness.
3. Subtly skillful handling of a situation; SYN. diplomacy, discreetness, finesse.
ETYM Old Eng. guile, gile, Old Fren. guile; of German origin, and the same word as Eng. wile. Related to Wile.
Deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; treachery.
ETYM Old Eng. sotelte, sutilte, Old Fren. sotillete, Latin subtilitas. Related to Subtle, Subtility.
The quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; SYN. niceness.
ETYM Latin tactus a touching, touch, from tangere, tactum, to touch: cf. French tact. Related to Tangent.
Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence; SYN. tactfulness.