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refined, adj.
freq. cnt. 3
more info (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

refined

sample sentences

"she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"
"refined people with refined taste"
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antonym
unrefined
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also see
civilized, civilised elegant fastidious gracious polished
similar to
cultured, polite, civilized, civilised, cultivated, genteel couth mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee suave, debonair, debonaire, debonnaire effete delicate, finespun gentlemanly, gentlemanlike ladylike patrician overrefined, superfine well-bred, well-mannered
more info freed from impurities by processing
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

processed refined

sample sentences

"refined sugar"
"refined oil"
"to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare
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antonym
unrefined
more info suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
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elegant graceful refined
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derivationally related form
elegance
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similar to
gracious
more info showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
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polished refined urbane

sample sentences

"his polished manner"
"maintained an urbane tone in his letters"
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derivationally related form
urbanity
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similar to
sophisticated
more info precise to a fine degree
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refined

sample sentences

"due to the limitations of the available tools, a more refined analysis of the data may be necessary"
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similar to
precise