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refined

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refined in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
    elegant  graceful  refined 
  2. free from what is tawdry or unbecoming
    "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"
    neat  refined  tasteful 
  3. 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"
    polished  refined  svelte  urbane 
  4. freed from impurities by processing
    "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare
    refined  processed 
  5. (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel
    "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"
    refined 
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