sivistynyt — meaning in English
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English meaning
- civilized adj Having a well-developed society, culture, and institutions.
- cultivated adj Well-educated and refined in manner or taste.
- cultured adjective Well-educated and refined in manner, taste, or knowledge of the arts.
- erudite adj Having or showing deep knowledge gained through extensive reading and study.
- smart adjective Intelligent; quick to learn or understand.
- sophisticated adj Having a lot of worldly experience and refined taste; cultured and knowledgeable.
Senses
sivistynyt is used for these senses in English:
- cultivated (of a person) cultured, refined, educated
- cultured Learned in the ways of civilized society; civilized; refined.
- erudite Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.
- sophisticated Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.
civilized — full definition
- adj Having a well-developed society, culture, and institutions.
- adj Polite, reasonable, and decent in behaviour.
cultivated — full definition
- adj Well-educated and refined in manner or taste.
- adj Grown intentionally by farming, as opposed to growing wild.