Adjective
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free from what is tawdry or unbecoming
"a neat style"
"a neat set of rules"
"she hated to have her neat plans upset"
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suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
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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"
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freed from impurities by processing
"refined sugar"
"refined oil"
"to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare
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(used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel
"she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"
"refined people with refined taste"