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[ adjective ] perfected or made shiny and smooth
Examples "his polished prose" "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes" "freshly polished silver" Used in print (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)Calloused fingers , caressed only by the smoothness of polished rosaries , had swayed excitedly beneath puckered chins where tiny black hairs sprouted , never to be tweezed away . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
Examples "his polished manner" "maintained an urbane tone in his letters" Related terms |
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