Refined
//ɹɪˈfaɪnd//
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The word "refined" can be used as adjective, adjective, verb and noun.
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affected alloy as opposed to bloodless carefully civilized commodity cultured dealing developed dross elegant elevated fastidious feign form free generic gracious highly imprecision improve impurities morally oversubtle particularly petroleum polished precise prissy process product pure purified raw reduce refine sagacious sagacity scrupulous sometimes subtle such as sugar thought out vulgarity
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civilised civilised civilized couth couth cultivated cultured debonair debonaire debonnaire debonnaire delicate delicate effete effete elegant fastidious finespun genteel gentlemanlike gentlemanlike gentlemanly gracious ladylike ladylike mincing niminy piminy niminy-piminy overrefined overrefined patrician patrician polished polite precise precise prim sophisticated suave superfine twee well bred well-bred well-mannered
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