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outfinessing

outfinessing is the present participle and gerund of outfinesse.

Meaning of outfinesse

Verb

outfinesse (third-person singular simple present outfinesses, present participle outfinessing, simple past and past participle outfinessed)

  1. (transitive) To show more finesse than; to excel in grace, elegance, or skill.
    • Having failed for years to outhandle and outfinesse the BMW, the competition has been trying to hammer it into submission.2007 June 3, Lawrence Ulrich, “A Grand Opening for BMW’s Quick-Tanning Machine”, in New York Times

Questions about outfinessing

What is outfinessing the present participle and gerund of?
Outfinessing is the present participle and gerund of outfinesse.

Words near outfinessing in the dictionary

  1. outfinding
  2. outfinds
  3. outfinesse
  4. outfinessed
  5. outfinesses
  6. outfinessing
  7. outfinish
  8. outfinished
  9. outfinishes
  10. outfinishing
  11. outfire

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outfinessing (page history and authors); outfinesse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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