polished

/ˈpɑlɪʃt/

/ˈpɒlɪʃt/

Something that's polished has been perfected — either by being rubbed until it's shiny or practiced until it appears skilled and elegant.

A polished diamond is bright, with a smooth, shining surface that reflects light. For an object to be polished, someone has to polish it, rubbing and buffing until it shines. You can also have a figuratively polished version of your essay that's been spruced up through careful editing. If a person is polished, they're graceful or accomplished: "Her polished style of speaking was almost intimidating!"

Definitions of polished

1. adjective

   perfected or made shiny and smooth
   “his polished prose”

   “in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes”

   “freshly polished silver”

   synonyms:

   bright

   emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts

   bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny

   made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

   finished

   (of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected

   antonyms:

   unpolished

   not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing

   dull

   emitting or reflecting very little light

   raw

   untempered and unrefined

   rough

   not perfected

   unburnished

   of metals e.g.; not made shiny and smooth by friction

   unrefined

   (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth
2. adjective

   (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth
   synonyms: dressed

   finished

   (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
3. adjective

   showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
   “his polished manner”

   synonyms: refined, svelte, urbane

   sophisticated

   having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire
4. adjective

   (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed
   “polished rice”

   synonyms: milled

   processed

   prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process