polished
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˈpɑːlɪʃt/
- The presentation was polished and well-rehearsed, impressing everyone in the audience.
- more polished
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Watch on YouTubeThis movie looks so big and polished and epic.
- This movie looks so big and polished and epic.
- They're kind of like they're not polished and he's acting polished.
- And it doesn't feel as polished or as triumphant or even as noble.
- But but the content is also polished.
- I feel a little misunderstood and honestly, I'm not like the world's most polished beauty blender.
- Very generous, very charming, very charismatic and very polished.
- I wish I could take fear and put it in this polished nice box where it's kind of like here it is.
- Like I'm a hood, like I'm polished.
- did I do service to that notion by showing up and showing up and showing up until it was polished enough to share?
- The books kind of feel like not, they're not unfinished in the sense of like not polished writing.
- Is it polished or is the formatting of spelling grammar that drives me nuts.
- Very skilled, polished, quiet, humble, very picky with who I do business with.
Examples
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One evening she could be the gracious, polished hostess at a dinner party.
Fiction book (2001) -
I also looked different than in Tuscany; dressed in a suit and coat, with polished shoes, respectable, effective, stable.
Fiction book (1997) -
The polished man with the successful business and the perfect family.
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Her place is just like her: polished and all about the look.
Fiction book (1993) -
It's super easy to wear but looks so polished and stylish.
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This movie looks so big and polished and epic.
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Seems like you're looking for someone a little more polished.
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Yeah, it's very elegant and polished, yet very fresh and startup, much like your Website.
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Therefore, their second lesson was much more organized, flowed much better, and was much more polished.
Academic text (2011) -
This girl by nature has a very polished sound, and Twilight isn't quite that refined brain.
Synonyms
49
3.7
Having a neat, stylish appearance from careful grooming
25
4.1
Showing elegant, polite manners and good taste
6
7.0
A person who is polite and confident in social situations
Antonyms
Compounds
Wood that has a smooth, shiny surface and is ready for building or making furniture
How Polished
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Etymology
Polished comes from the same old word as polish, from Latin polire 'to make smooth'. A helpful image is that people can be 'polished' like shoes, with rough edges rubbed away, so polished describes someone with smooth, refined manners and confidence.