• adjective:   used of persons and their behavior; cultivated and genteel

  Example: "She was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"

• adjective:   freed from impurities by processing

  Example: "Refined sugar"

• adjective:   made pure
• adjective:   showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
• adjective:   free from what is tawdry or unbecoming
• adjective:   suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

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