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US
/ɹəˈfaɪnd, ɹɪˈfaɪnd/
]
[ UK /ɹɪfˈaɪnd/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪfˈaɪnd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
maintained an urbane tone in his letters
his polished manner -
freed from impurities by processing
refined sugar
refined oil
to gild refined gold -
precise to a fine degree
due to the limitations of the available tools, a more refined analysis of the data may be necessary - suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
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(used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel
refined people with refined taste
she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship
How To Use refined In A Sentence
- It has been frequently asked if the existing and accepted formula for determining in advance the amount of refined sugar that may be extracted from either beets, _masse cuite_ or raw sugar, is to be considered exact, without special allowance being made for raffinose. Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891
- You come along with me and I'll introduce you (he's not what you call a refined sort of feller, yer know, 'he explained forbearingly,' but still we've always been friends in a way); you can't stop? The Giant's Robe
- The dignity of the occasion was lost when he cut in with an unrefined joke.
- They also have a dark side to them, which is somewhat refined, and makes us want to worship them. Times, Sunday Times
- A short fellow with a refined bearing, Gavaskar consistently got hundreds and double-hundreds against top-class bowling.
- Of course they spoke of their brew as if it were a medicinal cure-all when in reality they produced highly refined and greatly prized moonshine.
- The batwing sleeves and column shape flattered, but her messy hair and heavy make-up could have been more refined. The Sun
- To this end, he refined two main techniques. The Times Literary Supplement
- Leinsdorf shows unwonted impetuosity in his approach to tempos, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, while not consistently as refined as it could be, plays the music tautly.
- At dinner, they ate as they had before, although in time Bittman found that even his evening meals came to include more "vegetables, fruits, legumes and whole grains and less meat, sugar, junk food, and overrefined carbohydrates. Thoughts on the minimalist and "vegan until six"
