refined

1. Precise, freed from imprecision

   Subtle, scrupulous, carefully thought out.

   The argument, while not persuasive, is quite refined.

2. Developed, improved.

   The curriculum has been carefully refined to meet the needs of foreign students.

3. Cultured, freed from vulgarity

   Elevated and polished.

   In the British Isles, Oxbridge is considered refined; Geordie somewhat less so.

4. Elegant, sometimes (derogatory) affected, prissy, or bloodless.

   Don Draper was a man of refined tastes.

   kultiviert, gepflegt

   утончённыйutončónnyj, изы́сканныйizýskannyj, благоро́дныйblagoródnyj

5. Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities

   Highly-processed and pure.

   Under current guidelines, refined sugar must be at least five times purer than its raw counterpart.

6. Free of dross or alloy.

   The Temple at Jerusalem preferred Tyrian shekels, since even with Ba'al's portrait they bore highly refined silver.

7. Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.

8. Precise, freed from imprecision

   (застаріле)Sagacious, sometimes (derogatory) oversubtle or feigning sagacity.

9. Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities

   (застаріле)Morally pure.

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