— refinedly /ri fuy"nid lee, -fuynd"-/ , adv. — refinedness , n.
/ri fuynd"/ , adj.
1. having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.: refined people.
2. freed or free from coarseness, vulgarity, etc.: refined taste.
3. freed from impurities: refined sugar.
4. very subtle, precise, or exact: refined distinctions.
[ 1565-75; REFINE + -ED 2 ]
Syn. 1. cultivated, polished, polite, courteous, civilized, courtly, genteel, elegant. 3. clarified, distilled, purified.
Ant. 1. rude, coarse, crude.