polished

He is very blond and buffed — not buff but, like sanded and polished.

But on stage, he delivered polished, emotionally intelligent, 90-second answers on command.

While legacy media has long claimed that audiences have short attention spans or prefer polished, high-quality broadcasts, millions of people are tuning into lengthy, low-production podcasts on niche topics.

“He refuses to be the kind of politician that has a polished stump speech everywhere they go,” she said.

Salmond modernised and professionalised the SNP, ensuring its machinery was overhauled and its message was polished until it glinted like granite in the sun.