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refined - (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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unrefined (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"
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civilised,
civilized having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"
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elegant refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"
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fastidious giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
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gracious disposed to bestow favors; "thanks to the gracious gods"
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polished perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver"
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civilised,
civilized,
cultivated,
cultured,
genteel,
polite having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"
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couth (used facetiously) refined
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dainty,
mincing,
niminy-piminy,
prim,
twee delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo"
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debonair,
debonaire,
debonnaire,
suave having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman"
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delicate,
finespun exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly"
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gentlemanlike,
gentlemanly befitting a man of good breeding; "gentlemanly behavior"
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ladylike befitting a woman of good breeding; "ladylike manners"
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patrician befitting a person of noble origin; "a patrician nose"
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overrefined,
superfine excessively delicate or refined
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well-bred,
well-mannered of good upbringing
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refined - freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare |
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crude,
unprocessed,
unrefined not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics"
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