The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ELEGANT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ELEGANT
- Polished table leg, antagonising hosts
- Stylish member in neat pants
- Tasteful European wants the glove from Dior?
- European six-footer tackles prop with style
- A gentle eccentric, dignified and graceful
- Fashionable, say, wearing flowing mantle cut away at the front
- Ingenious and simple jumbo’s good for public house
- Graceful and neat, oddly concealing a limb
- Polished and returned jade in the box
- Stylish top from Ellesse on six- footer
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The straight part
We know that "showing refinement" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case showing refinement = elegant.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ELEGANT mean?
ELEGANT adjective- Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
- Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
- Fine; doing well.