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refined
[ ri-fahynd ]
adjective
- having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.:
refined people.
Synonyms: elegant, genteel, courtly, civilized, courteous, polite, polished, cultivated
- freed or free from coarseness, vulgarity, etc.:
refined taste.
- freed from impurities:
refined sugar.
Synonyms: distilled
- very subtle, precise, or exact:
refined distinctions.
refined
/ rɪˈfaɪnd /
adjective
- not coarse or vulgar; genteel, elegant, or polite
- subtle; discriminating
- freed from impurities; purified
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Other Words From
- re·fin·ed·ly [ri-, fahy, -nid-lee, -, fahynd, -], adverb
- re·fined·ness noun
- half-re·fined adjective
- nonre·fined adjective
- quasi-re·fined adjective
- semi·re·fined adjective
- super·re·fined adjective
- ultra·re·fined adjective
- well-re·fined adjective
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Example Sentences
To produce deliciously smooth drams of single malt, the region has refined the ancient art of distillation.
In refined form, sugar (also known as sucrose) has been linked to everything from heart disease to diabetes.
From the refined attire at Lincoln Center to the avant-garde dress downtown, we spotted many of the big 2014 trends.
Where Simmons is jocular in a kind of clever fratboy way, Lund is more refined in his language and more robust in his indignation.
Stacks of refined (left) and crude (right) Tin ingots after smelting.
He was a patriot of the noblest and most extensive views, and justly celebrated as a man of learning, eloquent and refined.
While the refined exquisite was giving his order, a jolly western drover had listened with opened mouth and protruding eyes.
In appearance he was tall and portly, and his bearing, carriage and presence were gentlemanly and refined.
He was a mild-mannered man, tall, rather pale, with refined features and a low-toned pleasant voice.
Of refined tastes, including a penchant for blue china, being a thriving bachelor, he was able to gratify them.
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