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

• urbane

  1. Polite, refined, and often elegant in manner.

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  1. Polite, refined, and often elegant in manner.

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• refined

  1. Free from coarseness or vulgarity; polite.
  2. Free of impurities; purified.
  3. Precise to a fine degree.

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  1. Free from coarseness or vulgarity; polite.
  2. Free of impurities; purified.
  3. Precise to a fine degree.

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• polished

  1. Made shiny and smooth by rubbing or chemical action.
  2. Naturally shiny and smooth.
  3. Having the husk or outer layers removed. Used of grains of rice.

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  1. Made shiny and smooth by rubbing or chemical action.
  2. Naturally shiny and smooth.
  3. Having the husk or outer layers removed. Used of grains of rice.

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• educated

  1. Having an education, especially one above the average.
  2. Showing evidence of schooling, training, or experience.
  3. Having or exhibiting cultivation; cultured:

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  1. Having an education, especially one above the average.
  2. Showing evidence of schooling, training, or experience.
  3. Having or exhibiting cultivation; cultured:

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• cultured

  1. Educated, polished, and refined; cultivated.
  2. Produced under artificial and controlled conditions:

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  1. Educated, polished, and refined; cultivated.
  2. Produced under artificial and controlled conditions:

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• cultivated

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

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

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• civilized

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

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

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Characterized by good manners

• well-mannered

  1. Polite; courteous.

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  1. Polite; courteous.

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• polite

  1. Marked by or showing consideration for others and observance of accepted social usage.
  2. Refined; elegant:

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  1. Marked by or showing consideration for others and observance of accepted social usage.
  2. Refined; elegant:

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• mannerly

  1. Having or showing good manners.
  2. With good manners; politely.

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  1. Having or showing good manners.
  2. With good manners; politely.

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• genteel

  1. Refined or polite, often in an affected way:
  2. Typical or characteristic of the upper class:
  3. Elegantly stylish or fashionable:

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  1. Refined or polite, often in an affected way:
  2. Typical or characteristic of the upper class:
  3. Elegantly stylish or fashionable:

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• courteous

  1. Characterized by gracious consideration toward others.

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  1. Characterized by gracious consideration toward others.

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• civil

  1. Of, relating to, or befitting a citizen or citizens:
  2. Of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state:
  3. Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical:

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  1. Of, relating to, or befitting a citizen or citizens:
  2. Of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state:
  3. Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical:

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