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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ri-fahynd
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈfaɪnd



Definition of refined

Origin :
  • 1570s, "subtle;" 1580s, "elegant;" 1590s, "purified," past participle adjective from refine (v.).
  • adj cultured, civilized
  • adj cleaned of impurities
Example sentences :
  • Sympathetic persons are apt to assume that every refined emotion must be ennobling.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Major Harper, the oldest, most refined and most soldierly of them all, was also the handsomest.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • But it is in graceful, refined France that cookery is and has been, a pet art.
  • Extract from : « Culture and Cooking » by Catherine Owen
  • His accent was none of the Elberthal one; it was fine, refined, polished.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • Not in vain you live, for every passing eye is cheered and refined by the vision.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • She was poor, but cultivated and refined; trained—you know—for knowing, not doing.
  • Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
  • If we desire the beautiful, we become beautified and refined.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of the Soul » by Lilian Staveley
  • He spoke in a refined manner, and was evidently an educated man.
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • They were of the most refined form, and when enriched were carved with consummate skill.
  • Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith
  • Plowden himself was delicately-tinted and refined of texture.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

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