refined


refined (http://definr.com/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: processed]
        [ant: 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,
         svelte, urbane]
     4: made pure [syn: purified, sublimate]
     5: suggesting taste, ease, and wealth [syn: elegant, graceful]
     6: 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, tasteful]