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polishedadjective
perfected or made shiny and smooth
"his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver"
polished, refined, svelte, urbaneadjective
showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
"his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"
milled, polishedadjective
(of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed
"polished rice"
dressed, polishedadjective
(of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth

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polishedadjective
Made smooth or shiny by polishing.
polished shoes
polishedadjective
refined, elegant
a polished performance

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polished
Polished refers to something that has been refined, improved, or perfected to a high level of sophistication, skill, or shine, either literally or metaphorically. It can refer to the surface of an object that is shiny and smooth because it has been rubbed or treated, or to a person's behavior or work that is elegant, refined or highly developed.

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Polished
of Polish
Polishedadjective
made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse

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Polished
Polished is an award winning short film directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly, featuring William B. Davis as a lonely aging businessman who yearns for human contact from shoeshiner Karyn Dwyer.

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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Polished in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Polished in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Polished in a Sentence

Dave Bossie:
Is he going to be 'Reaganesque' in his speeches and perfect in every one? No. But it’s okay, that's what makes him a little different from some of these guys who are a little more polished. People connect to him.
Edmund Burke:
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.
Chinese Proverb:
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
Chinese Proverb:
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
George Kinoti:
He's the first DPP I can say who is a polished field officer ... He knows the pains we undergo in the field, he's so humble ... It has won all my officers.

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References

^ Princeton's WordNet
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^ Wiktionary
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^ ChatGPT
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^ Webster Dictionary
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Polished
^ Wikidata
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^ Usage in printed sources
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مصقولArabic
leštěnéCzech
poleretDanish
poliertGerman
γυαλιστερός, ραφινάτοςGreek
poluritaEsperanto
pulidoSpanish
صیقل خوردهPersian
hienostunut, kiillotettu, hienoFinnish
poliFrench
snastaIrish
csiszoltHungarian
ողորկArmenian
dipolesIndonesian
lucidatoItalian
מְלוּטָשׁHebrew
磨かれたJapanese
ಹೊಳಪುKannada
우아한Korean
limatusLatin
gepolijstDutch
polertNorwegian
błyszczącyPolish
polidoPortuguese
lustruitRomanian
отполированныйRussian
poleradSwedish
மெருகூட்டப்பட்டதுTamil
పాలిష్Telugu
ขัดThai
cilalıTurkish
полірованийUkrainian
پالشUrdu
đánh bóngVietnamese
פּאַלישטYiddish
抛光的Chinese

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