polished

[ pol-isht ]

/ ˈpɒl ɪʃt /

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adjective

made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.

naturally smooth and glossy: polished pebbles on the beach.

refined, cultured, or elegant: a polished manner.

flawless; skillful; excellent: a polished conversationalist.

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Origin of polished

First recorded in 1325–75, polished is from the Middle English word polist.See polish, -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM polished

un·pol·ished, adjectivewell-polished, adjective

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How to use polished in a sentence

She was more polished than the 2016 race, as I observed watching her campaign on the ground.
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One of the more polished sleep-tracking apps we’ve come across, Pillow can work with an Apple Watch or just an iPhone placed on the bed.
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This means you can’t just add anything you like to the app to listen, but it offers a polished and intuitive experience.
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There are a handful of headphones currently positioned for the sleep market, but Bose’s look to be the most polished package at the moment.
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Durant and Irving took turns dominating the action with their polished and deep offensive repertoires, not skipping a beat after their long layoffs.
So much for Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving needing time to jell. The Nets have come out firing.|Ben Golliver|December 26, 2020|Washington Post
A new app helps NYC fashionistas make sure their toes never go unpolished.
Meet the Creative: Beautified, Seamless for Spa Services|The Daily Beast|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The likely scenario is that Amiigo's early backers will end up with a unpolished version and they'll have train the software AI.
Amiigo Tracker Pairs Data With Deadlifts|Gregory Ferenstein|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The beautiful thing about creativity at that age is it is brutal and unpolished, and not virtual.
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In short, they were unlucky to have been bred in an unpolished age, and more unlucky to live to a refined one.
The Works Of John Dryden, Volume 4 (of 18)|John Dryden
Cuban women excel in charm of mannerism and in their eyes Miss Roosevelt appears unpolished and uncut.
The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2|Various
Any sort of oil, or polish, or even water is apt to darken or spot unpolished wood.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping|Elizabeth Hale Gilman
"The guests must not see one speck of dust nor one unpolished door-handle," Mor Inga said.
Katharine Frensham|Beatrice Harraden
Agrestic, a-gres′tik, adj. pertaining to the fields: rural: unpolished.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for polished

polished

/ (ˈpɒlɪʃt) /

adjective

accomplisheda polished actor

impeccably or professionally donea polished performance

(of rice) having had the outer husk removed by milling

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Origin of polished

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