refined
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(a) (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel
- she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship
- refined people with refined taste
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(a) freed from impurities by processing
- refined sugar
- refined oil
- "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare
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(s) showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
- his polished manner
- maintained an urbane tone in his letters
- (s) suggesting taste, ease, and wealth elegant, graceful,
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(s) free from what is tawdry or unbecoming
- a neat style
- a neat set of rules
- she hated to have her neat plans upset