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polished
adjective
1 polished
Perfected or made shiny and smooth.
Roget 255:
smooth;
polished
etc.
v.;
leiodermatous†,
slick,
velutinous†;
even;
level
etc.
213;
plane
etc.
(flat)
251;
sleek,
glossy;
silken,
silky;
lanate†,
downy,
velvety;
glabrous,
slippery,
glassy,
lubricous,
oily,
soft,
unwrinkled†;
smooth as glass,
smooth as ice,
smooth as monumental alabaster,
smooth as velvet,
smooth as oil;
slippery as an eel;
woolly
etc.
(feathery)
256.
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Roget 578:
elegant,
polished,
classical,
Attic,
correct,
Ciceronian,
artistic;
chaste,
pure,
Saxon,
academical†.
graceful,
easy,
readable,
fluent,
flowing,
tripping;
unaffected,
natural,
unlabored†;
mellifluous;
euphonious,
euphemism,
euphemistic;
numerose†,
rhythmical.
felicitous,
happy,
neat;
well put,
neatly put,
well expressed,
neatly expressed
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2 polished
Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience:
— His polished manner.
synonyms: refined, urbane.
Roget 852:
fashionable;
in fashion
etc.
n.;
a la mode,
comme il faut [Fr.];
admitted in society,
admissible in society
etc.
n.;
presentable;
conventional
etc.
(customary)
613;
genteel;
well-bred,
well mannered,
well behaved,
well spoken;
gentlemanlike†,
gentlemanly;
ladylike;
civil,
polite
etc.
(courteous)
894.
polished,
refined,
thoroughbred,
courtly;
distingue [Fr.];
unembarrassed,
degage [Fr.];
janty†,
jaunty;
dashing,
fast.
modish,
stylish,
chic,
trendy,
recherche;
newfangled
etc.
(unfamiliar)
83;
all the rage,
all the go†;
with it,
in,
faddish.
in court,
in full dress,
in evening dress;
en grande tenue [Fr.]
etc.
(ornament)
847.
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Roget 894:
courteous,
polite,
civil,
mannerly,
urbane;
well-behaved,
well-mannered,
well-bred,
well-brought up;
good-mannered,
polished,
civilized,
cultivated;
refined
etc.
(taste)
850;
gentlemanlike
etc.
(fashion)
852†;
gallant;
on one's good behavior.
fine spoken,
fair spoken,
soft-spoken;
honey-mouthed,
honey-tongued;
oily,
bland;
obliging,
conciliatory,
complaisant,
complacent;
obsequious
etc.
886.
ingratiating,
winning;
gentle,
mild;
good-humored,
cordial,
gracious,
affable,
familiar;
neighborly.
diplomatic,
tactful,
politic;
artful
etc.
702.
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Polish: światowy, wyrobiony, bywały, obyty
3 polished
of grains especially rice Having the husk or outer layers removed:
— Polished rice.
synonym: milled.
4 polished
of lumber or stone To trim and smooth.
synonym: dressed.
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