English dictionary
refined
adjectivePronunciation
ɹiːfaɪnd
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
adjective
- precise to a fine degree
adjective
- (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel
adjective
- freed from impurities by processing
adjective
- showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
Example sentences
due to the limitations of the available tools, a more refined analysis of the data may be necessary
she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship
refined people with refined taste
refined sugar
refined oil
{'source': 'Shakespeare', 'text': 'to gild refined gold'}
his polished manner
maintained an urbane tone in his letters