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Meaning of refined

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  refined
      adj 1: (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and
             genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to
             hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" [ant:
             {unrefined}]
      2: freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar";
         "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare [syn:
         {refined}, {processed}] [ant: {crude}, {unprocessed},
         {unrefined}]
      3: 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" [syn: {polished},
         {refined}, {svelte}, {urbane}]
      4: suggesting taste, ease, and wealth [syn: {elegant},
         {graceful}, {refined}]
      5: free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a
         neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"
         [syn: {neat}, {refined}, {tasteful}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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