Usually means: Elegant and cultured in appearance.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word refined:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. refined: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. refined: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. refined: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. refined: Collins English Dictionary
  5. refined: Vocabulary.com
  6. Refined, refined: Wordnik
  7. refined: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. refined: Wiktionary
  9. refined: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. refined: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. refined: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Refined, refined: Dictionary.com
  13. refined: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Refined: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. refined: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. refined: Rhymezone
  17. refined: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. refined: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. refined: Free Dictionary
  20. refined: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. refined: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Wine Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. refined: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. refined: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. refined: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Refined: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary for the Modern Soap Maker (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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adjective:  Precise, freed from imprecision, particularly:
adjective:  (of people, obsolete) Sagacious, sometimes (derogatory) oversubtle or feigning sagacity.
adjective:  (of thought) Subtle, scrupulous, carefully thought out.
adjective:  (of processes) Developed, improved.
adjective:  Cultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly:
adjective:  (of language) Elevated and polished.
adjective:  (of people) Elegant, sometimes (derogatory) affected, prissy, or bloodless.
adjective:  Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities, particularly:
adjective:  (of products) Highly-processed and pure.
adjective:  (of metal) Free of dross or alloy.
adjective:  (of people, obsolete) Morally pure.
adjective:  (of a market) Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.
noun:  (finance) The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form.

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