polished
made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
naturally smooth and glossy: polished pebbles on the beach.
refined, cultured, or elegant: a polished manner.
flawless; skillful; excellent: a polished conversationalist.
Origin of polished
1Other words from polished
- un·pol·ished, adjective
- well-polished, adjective
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How to use polished in a sentence
She was more polished than the 2016 race, as I observed watching her campaign on the ground.
No, Trumpism Isn’t Over. Look at What Just Happened in Arizona | Philip Elliott | January 25, 2021 | TimeOne of the more polished sleep-tracking apps we’ve come across, Pillow can work with an Apple Watch or just an iPhone placed on the bed.
Skip the wearables and track your sleep with these 5 apps | David Nield | January 6, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThis means you can’t just add anything you like to the app to listen, but it offers a polished and intuitive experience.
How to convert text articles into audio (and why you might want to) | David Nield | January 5, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThere are a handful of headphones currently positioned for the sleep market, but Bose’s look to be the most polished package at the moment.
Bose’s latest sleep-centric earbuds mostly do the trick | Brian Heater | December 31, 2020 | TechCrunchDurant and Irving took turns dominating the action with their polished and deep offensive repertoires, not skipping a beat after their long layoffs.
So much for Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving needing time to jell. The Nets have come out firing. | Ben Golliver | December 26, 2020 | Washington Post
A new app helps NYC fashionistas make sure their toes never go unpolished.
Meet the Creative: Beautified, Seamless for Spa Services | The Daily Beast | August 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe likely scenario is that Amiigo's early backers will end up with a unpolished version and they'll have train the software AI.
The beautiful thing about creativity at that age is it is brutal and unpolished, and not virtual.
From Led Zeppelin to Breaking Bad: The Lamest Generation | Elizabeth Wurtzel | September 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn short, they were unlucky to have been bred in an unpolished age, and more unlucky to live to a refined one.
The Works Of John Dryden, Volume 4 (of 18) | John DrydenCuban women excel in charm of mannerism and in their eyes Miss Roosevelt appears unpolished and uncut.
The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 | VariousAny sort of oil, or polish, or even water is apt to darken or spot unpolished wood.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping | Elizabeth Hale Gilman"The guests must not see one speck of dust nor one unpolished door-handle," Mor Inga said.
Katharine Frensham | Beatrice HarradenAgrestic, a-gres′tik, adj. pertaining to the fields: rural: unpolished.
British Dictionary definitions for polished
/ (ˈpɒlɪʃt) /
accomplished: a polished actor
impeccably or professionally done: a polished performance
(of rice) having had the outer husk removed by milling
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