refined
Adjective
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(used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel (synset 301953883)
"she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"also:
- civilised, civilized - having a high state of culture and development both social and technological
- elegant - refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
- fastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
- gracious - characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
- polished - perfected or made shiny and smooth
similar to:- civilised, civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite - marked by refinement in taste and manners
- couth - (used facetiously) refined and well-mannered
- mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee - affectedly dainty or refined
- debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave - having a sophisticated charm
- effete - affected, overrefined, and effeminate
- delicate, finespun - developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
- gentlemanlike, gentlemanly - befitting a man of good breeding
- ladylike - befitting a woman of good breeding
- patrician - befitting a person of noble origin
- overrefined, superfine - excessively delicate or refined
- well-bred, well-mannered - of good upbringing
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Freed from impurities by processing (synset 301960119)
"refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"same as: processed
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Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience (synset 302278936)
"his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"similar to: sophisticated - having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire
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Precise to a fine degree (synset 301845051)
"due to the limitations of the available tools, a more refined analysis of the data may be necessary"similar to: precise - sharply exact or accurate or delimited
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Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth (synset 301145585)
similar to: gracious - characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
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