Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being refined; purity; refinement; also, affected purity.
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- noun
Quality of beingrefined .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I would object to the notions of refinedness, of “real-America,” and of apple pie.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Reinhardt’s Dig on Sarah Palin
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Incidentally, I would object to the notions of refinedness, of “real-America,” and of apple pie.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Reinhardt’s Dig on Sarah Palin
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I would object to the notions of refinedness, of “real-America,” and of apple pie.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Reinhardt’s Dig on Sarah Palin
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Incidentally, I would object to the notions of refinedness, of “real-America,” and of apple pie.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Reinhardt’s Dig on Sarah Palin
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At these words Gargantua arose and said, Praised be the good God in all things, but especially for bringing the world into that height of refinedness beyond what it was when I first came to be acquainted therewith, that now the learnedst and most prudent philosophers are not ashamed to be seen entering in at the porches and frontispieces of the schools of the Pyrrhonian, Aporrhetic,
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
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At these words Gargantua arose and said, Praised be the good God in all things, but especially for bringing the world into that height of refinedness beyond what it was when I first came to be acquainted therewith, that now the learnedst and most prudent philosophers are not ashamed to be seen entering in at the porches and frontispieces of the schools of the Pyrrhonian, Aporrhetic,
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
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We may reckon among these our spiritual evils an evil that hath more refinedness in it, more color for it, and hath deceived more people of integrity than the rest have done; for few have been catched by the former mistakes except such as have apostatized from their holy profession, such as, being corrupt in their consciences, have been forsaken by God and left to such noisome opinions.
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This is not barely affirmed, concerning these primitive Christians, but spoken of them as their high praise and encomium; as being a discovery of the refinedness, excellency, and greatness of their spirits, who could so far lift up themselves above sense and sensible things, as to place their highest and most vigorous love upon an unseen Object.
The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI.
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Let not that amiable man, who has found the art of introducing heroism into common life, and dignifying the most trivial circumstances by the sublimity and refinedness of his sentiments, now, in the most important affair, sink below the common level.
Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian
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At these words Gargantua arose and said, Praised be the good God in all things, but especially for bringing the world into that height of refinedness beyond what it was when I first came to be acquainted therewith, that now the learnedst and most prudent philosophers are not ashamed to be seen entering in at the porches and frontispieces of the schools of the Pyrrhonian, Aporrhetic, Sceptic, and Ephectic sects.
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