REFINED

[adjective]Many doctors say it's unhealthy to eat only refined foods such as white bread and white sugar which are almost empty of original goodness.The new computer software is highly refined (= complicated and made with great skill) and can do much more than the old version.If you call someone refined you mean that they have a very delicate manner and seem to be extremely polite.Delia is so terribly refined - I really can't imagine her using foul language.