A gentle shake showing refinement (7)

I believe the answer is:

elegant

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'a gentle shake showing refinement' is the definition.
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'a gentle shake' is the wordplay.
'shake' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'gentle'='agentle'
'agentle' anagrammed gives 'ELEGANT'.

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(Other definitions for elegant that I've seen before include "Well-dressed" , "Gracefully stylish" , "Handsome" , "Fine" , "Stylish in appearance, a gentle kind" .)

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