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US
/ɹəˈfaɪnmənt/
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[ UK /ɹɪfˈaɪnmənt/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪfˈaɪnmənt/ ]
NOUN
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the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
a man of intellectual refinement
he is remembered for his generosity and civilization - the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
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the result of improving something
he described a refinement of this technique -
a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art
they performed with great polish
I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose -
a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
don't argue about shades of meaning
without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
How To Use refinement In A Sentence
- Among the refinements are five-way adjustable shocks, stiffer springs and a beefier antiroll bar lacing the rear end. A Boss on the Road With a Peon's Interior
- Kind and tempting was the invitation to prolong my stay at the See House; enticing was the prospect offered me of a visit to a seigneurie on the Ottawa; and it was with very great reluctance that, after a sojourn of only one day, I left this abode of refinement and hospitality, and the valued friends who had received me with so much kindness, for a tedious journey to New The Englishwoman in America
- Ride and refinement: the twin pillars that must support any car's claim to be the best luxury vehicle in the world. Times, Sunday Times
- After this first step is taken, further refinement of specific goals comes more easily. Christianity Today
- It bore that air of uncostly refinement which is one of the most pleasing outward features of the aloof civilization to which it, though not the Callenders, belonged. Kincaid's Battery
- There are two women in Britain who make her look the soul of discretion, refinement and good taste.
- Crude surgery without anesthesia or asepsis has been replaced by modern painless surgery with its exquisite technical refinement. The Emperor of All Maladies
- I think you have done well in avoiding the topic altogether; but between ourselves, do you really think that the refinement of manner, the censorious, hypocritical, verbal scrupulosity, which is carried so far in this "picked age" of ours, is a true sign of superior refinement of taste, and purity of morals? Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical
- The concept of validity has been contested and is subject to further refinement.
- Everything was sculpted to present an elegant, Japanese refinement, using dark woods and red silks and gold embroidery and edging.