refined

(verb) improve or perfect by pruning or polishing. Synonyms: polish, refine, fine-tune, down. Example: "Refine one's style of writing."

(verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer. Synonyms: complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate. Example: "Refine a design or pattern."

(verb) treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition. Synonyms: refine. Examples: "Refine paper stock." "Refine pig iron." "Refine oil."

(verb) reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities. Synonyms: refine, rectify. Example: "Refine sugar."

(verb) attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying. Synonyms: refine. Example: "Many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet."

(verb) make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of. Synonyms: refine. Examples: "Refine a method of analysis." "Refine the constant in the equation."

(adj) (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel. Synonyms: refined (vs. unrefined). Examples: "She was delicate and refined and unused to hardship." "Refined people with refined taste."

(adj) freed from impurities by processing. Synonyms: refined (vs. unrefined), processed. Examples: "Refined sugar." "Refined oil." "To gild refined gold"- shakespeare."

(adj) showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience. Synonyms: polished, svelte, urbane. Examples: "His polished manner." "Maintained an urbane tone in his letters."

(adj) suggesting taste, ease, and wealth. Synonyms: elegant, graceful.

(adj) free from what is tawdry or unbecoming. Synonyms: neat, tasteful. Examples: "A neat style." "A neat set of rules." "She hated to have her neat plans upset."