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refined
adjective
Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
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ɹiːfaɪnd
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adjective
Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
adjective
Precise to a fine degree
“Due to the limitations of the available tools, a more refined analysis of the data may be necessary”
adjective
(used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel
“She was delicate and refined and unused to hardship”
adjective
Freed from impurities by processing
“Refined sugar”
adjective
Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
“His polished manner”
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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
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