Something that's refined has gone through a process to remove impurities. An oil refinery removes impurities from oil. When a person's refined, they have good manners and good taste.
Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments.
Adjective S.
free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"
Adjective S.
suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
Adjective S.
made pure
Adjective
used of persons and their behavior; cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"
Adjective
freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare
Adjective S.
showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"
imp. & p. p.
of Refine
a.
Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished;
cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined
sentiments.
Refined
Refined wits who honored poesy with their pens.--
Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments.
Usage Examples
He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.
Barack Obama's life was so much simpler in 2009. Back then, he had refined the cold act of blaming others for the bad economy into an art form. Deficits? Blame Bush's tax cuts. Spending? Blame the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. No business investment? Blame Wall Street.
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe more easily digestible and refined the carbohydrates, the greater the effect on our health, weight and well-being.
I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon. It was there, with no help except curiosity and the will to learn, that my taste for reading developed and was refined.
The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization.
And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about.
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