polished
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˈpɑːlɪʃt/
:
refinado
- The presentation was polished and well-rehearsed, impressing everyone in the audience.
- more polished
This 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
20
3.7
Having a neat, stylish appearance from careful grooming
7
7.0
A person who is polite and confident in social situations
4
4.1
Showing elegant, polite manners and good taste
Antonyms
Compounds
Wood that has a smooth, shiny surface and is ready for building or making furniture
How Polished
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.