Characterized by discriminating taste and broad knowledge as a result of development or education

• well-bred

  1. Alternative form of well-bred.
  2. Raised to be well-mannered and refined.
  3. Born to parents considered to be of good stock. Used of animals.

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  1. Alternative form of well-bred.
  2. Raised to be well-mannered and refined.
  3. Born to parents considered to be of good stock. Used of animals.

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• urbane

  1. Polite and courteous in a smooth, polished way; refined
  2. Polite, refined, and often elegant in manner.

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  1. Polite and courteous in a smooth, polished way; refined
  2. Polite, refined, and often elegant in manner.

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• refined

  1. Free from crudeness or coarseness; cultivated; elegant
  2. Precise to a fine degree.
  3. Made free from other matter, or from impurities; purified

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  1. Free from crudeness or coarseness; cultivated; elegant
  2. Precise to a fine degree.
  3. Made free from other matter, or from impurities; purified

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• polished

  1. Having the husk or outer layers removed. Used of grains of rice.
  2. Refined or sophisticated:
  3. Refined, elegant.

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  1. Having the husk or outer layers removed. Used of grains of rice.
  2. Refined or sophisticated:
  3. Refined, elegant.

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• educated

  1. Based on a certain amount of experience or factual knowledge:
  2. Having attained a level of higher education, such as a college degree.
  3. Having or exhibiting cultivation; cultured:

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  1. Based on a certain amount of experience or factual knowledge:
  2. Having attained a level of higher education, such as a college degree.
  3. Having or exhibiting cultivation; cultured:

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• cultivated

  1. Grown by cultivation
  2. Of, relating to, or produced in cultivation:
  3. Educated; polished; refined.

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  1. Grown by cultivation
  2. Of, relating to, or produced in cultivation:
  3. Educated; polished; refined.

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• civilized

  1. Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, ethical, and reasonable:
  2. Having a highly developed society or culture.
  3. Marked by refinement in taste and manners; cultured.

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  1. Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, ethical, and reasonable:
  2. Having a highly developed society or culture.
  3. Marked by refinement in taste and manners; cultured.

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