I. adjective
1.
a. : raised especially above the ground or other surface : situated at a high level
the house stood on an elevated site
after the skin becomes elevated and lumpy, pus forms — Morris Fishbein
b. : increased especially abnormally (as in degree or amount)
the pulse rate is elevated slightly — D.W.Maurer & V.H.Vogel
an elevated temperature
2.
a. : morally or intellectually on a high plane : aloof from what is mean or ignoble : marked by nobility of thought or feeling : noble , refined , edifying
his elevated mind abominated the luxuries of an effete civilization — Elinor Wylie
elevated ideas
b. : formal , dignified , exalted , lofty
we must not smile at the elevated diction of this letter — H.S.Canby
by prose I mean … plain, workaday prose, not artistic or elevated prose — J.L.Lowes
3.
a. : exalted in mood or feeling : exhilarated, excited
she was in one of those moods of elevated feeling, when the soul is upheld by a strange tranquillity — Nathaniel Hawthorne
b. : tipsy , intoxicated
he drinks much champagne and becomes elevated — Joyce Cary
• el·e·vat·ed·ly adverb
• el·e·vat·ed·ness noun -es
II. noun
( -s )
: elevated railroad