polished

[Pol·ished]

Perfected or made shiny and smooth

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Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.

Adjective S.
(of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth

Adjective
perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver"

Adjective S.
(of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed; "polished rice"

Adjective S.
showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"


imp. & p. p.
of Polish

a.
Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.


Polished

Pol"ished , a. Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.

Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.

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Usage Examples

Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.

Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.

What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.

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