refined#1 (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel
examples she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship
refined people with refined taste
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Also see civilized, civilised; elegant; fastidious; gracious; polished
Antonym refined → unrefined
Similar to civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite; couth; dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee; debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave; finespun, delicate; gentlemanlike, gentlemanly; ladylike; patrician; overrefined, superfine; well-bred, well-mannered
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Also see civilized, civilised; elegant; fastidious; gracious
Similar to civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite; couth; dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee; debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave; finespun, delicate; gentlemanlike, gentlemanly; ladylike; patrician; overrefined, superfine; well-bred, well-mannered
Antonym unrefined → refined

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