polished

Meanings

• make (a surface) shine
• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
• bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
• perfected or made shiny and smooth
  • "his polished prose"
  • "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"
  • "freshly polished silver"
• showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
  • "his polished manner"
• (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed
  • "polished rice"
• (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth

Synonyms

brush up, down, dressed, fine-tune, milled, polish, polish up, refine, refined, round, round off, shine, smooth, smoothen, svelte, urbane