cultured
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˈkʌltʃərd/
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culto
- He is a cultured person, often discussing literature and philosophy at dinner parties.
- cultured and intelligent
- cultured and smart
- cultured and civilized
And here's the thing, you could say that it's chivalry or it's cultured or it's slightly programmed.
- And here's the thing, you could say that it's chivalry or it's cultured or it's slightly programmed.
- You are quite the travelled cultured person.
- I just I'm just a English cultured, cultured man who loves Jamaica.
- If you get patterned color that towels, you look more cultured and you don't get makeup stands on them.
Examples
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He was training her to be a cultured woman of the world.
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All in all, he was a cultured reader who, we can assume, was conversant with the major writers of his era and the past.
Academic text (2007) -
- Mom, you seem so cultured.
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I'm glad those cultured folks enjoyed their food.
Blog text (24) -
Vienna is beautiful and so cultured.
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Her father's a friend of a friend, real nice guy, very cultured.
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They're so bright and cultured and refined.
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Their voices and accents were more cultured than he had expected.
Fiction book (1991) -
From the earliest days of its founding, Stanford University has sought to educate its students so that they might become cultured and useful citizens.
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He was witty and cultured and, well, very endearing and tremendously attractive, but in a sort of real way.
Synonyms
80
4.4
Polite with good manners and refined taste
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1.0
Having elegant manners and good taste in art or dress
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7.7
Polite and elegant in a way that tries to impress others
10
8.1
About art or ideas that serious, educated people like
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2.9
Polite and respectful to other people
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4.1
Showing elegant, polite manners and good taste
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7.9
Polite and showing good manners in formal situations
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4.1
Polite and behaving well around other people
Having good education, polite manners, and good taste
Someone who shows educated, serious tastes in art or books and seems a bit proud
Antonyms
How Cultured
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cultured comes from the same root as cultivate and culture, an old word meaning 'to grow' or 'to care for'. So a cultured person is like a well cared-for garden, grown by education and good taste, which is why the word means refined and polite.