sophisticated

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having a good understanding of the way people behave and/or a good knowledge of culture and fashion:

She was slim, svelte, and sophisticated.

I don't think I have any books that would suit your sophisticated tastes.

He was older than me and from London and I thought him very sophisticated.

intelligent or made in a complicated way and therefore able to do complicated tasks:

I think a more sophisticated approach is needed to solve this problem.

These are among the most sophisticated weapons in the world.

having an understanding of the world and its ways, so that you are not easily fooled, and having an understanding of people and ideas without making them seem simple:

Sophisticated readers understood the book’s hidden meaning.

If a way of thinking, a system, or a machine is sophisticated, it is complicated or made with great skill:

sophisticated computer systems