CIVILISED

• (adj.) having a high state of culture and development both social and technological

  "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"

  synonyms : civilized

• (adj.) marked by refinement in taste and manners

  "cultivated speech", "cultured Bostonians", "cultured tastes", "a genteel old lady", "polite society"

  synonyms : civilized , cultivated , cultured , genteel , polite

  an elderly woman living in genteel poverty -added by nithi

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