urbane
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adjective
1.
having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities: an urbane manner.
2.
reflecting elegance, sophistication, etc., especially in expression: He maintained an urbane tone in his letters.
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World English Dictionary
urbane (ɜːˈbeɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| characterized by elegance or sophistication | |
| [C16: from Latin urbānus belonging to the town; see | |
| ur'banely | |
| —adv | |
| ur'baneness | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
urbane
1530s, "of or relating to cities or towns," from M.Fr. urbain (14c.), from L. urbanus "belonging to a city," also "citified, elegant" (see urban). The meaning "having the manners of townspeople, courteous, refined" is first attested 1620s. Urbanity in this sense is recorded
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Example sentences
They have already tasted the fruits and sweets of the big city, and qualified as urban-perhaps better say urbane-sophisticates.
They didn't want to be better informed or urbane, or to know what is great in human achievement.
Without matching, the buildings compliment each other in a particularly urbane way and form an ensemble which should be preserved.
He was urbane, arch, ever-amused in a cosmopolitan way.
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