Meaning & use
refined
Elegant and cultured in manner or taste, or, of a substance, purified by removing impurities.
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His refined taste in wine came from years of traveling through French vineyards.
The factory refined the crude oil into gasoline, diesel, and other products.
A note on using this word
Refined applies both to people's manners and to physical substances like sugar or oil, always suggesting rough elements were removed.
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