adj

1. having a high state of culture and development both social and technological

    e.g. terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world

    Synonym: civilized

2. marked by refinement in taste and manners

    e.g. cultivated speech
           cultured Bostonians
           cultured tastes
           a genteel old lady
           polite society

    Synonym: civilizedcultivatedculturedgenteelpolite