Refined and Smart

Refined

Refined adjective - Having or showing elegance.
Usage example: a refined woman with gracious manners

Smart and refined are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smart" instead an adjective "Refined".

Nearby Words: refinement, refining, refiner

Smart

Smart adjective - Being in the latest or current fashion.
Usage example: boutiques specializing in smart clothes for cosmopolitan women

Refined and smart are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Refined" instead an adjective "Smart".

Nearby Words: smarten, smartness, smartly

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Dempsey and Makepeace Wunza Plot: One's an American street smart loose cannon cowboy cop, one's a refined aristocratic proper young British police officer.
  • A perfect way to introduce that a character is not only smart, but refined, well- (formally) educated, and upper-class, even aristocratic: have him be able to recite a Latin quotation eloquently or read the moribund language of the Romans as if it were his native tongue.
  • Characters / X-Men Film Series: Professor Charles Xavier aka: Professor Charles Francis Xavier Smart People Speak The Queen's English: Justified in his case because he's half-British through his mother's side, and his posh accent was further refined after living for several years in Oxford, England, where he had earned his doctorate in genetics.
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