urbane
The more of us who behave with civility and urbanity, the more civility and urbanity there will be.
The negotiation should be simple for a man of his urbanity and charm.
Style, grace, urbanity, and a clear sense of identity are the hallmarks of all great cities.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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cosmopolitan
duck
experienced
grandmother
have been around the ridgesidiom
pedigreed
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pseudo-sophistication
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sea dog
seasoned
senior
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ultra-sophisticated
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Examples of urbanity

urbanity
It was, instead, a concern for the most fundamental aspects of urbanity- density, continuity, social interaction and shape - that characterized his work.
Downes is at his most poetic here, bringing sophistication and urbanity, without distorting the movement's natural eloquence.
The disciplinary effects of these tales on a generation of women about to participate in the emerging hetero-socializing culture of modern urbanity cannot be overestimated.
Our research suggests that there are a number of architectural tools to enable this: sustainability, urbanity, identity, stewardship.
In the seventeenth century ' modes of urbanity ' spread into the countryside, displacing older rituals of hospitality even among rustic gentry.
Indeed, because the city is everywhere, contemporary culture is completely immersed in the cultural representation of urbanity.
This offers a strongly defined armature that will provide an underlying sense of order and urbanity to the campus as it takes shape.
We thought that this would be the perfect occasion to use our ideas about urbanity to formulate a 'plan' for the site.
It should be read by all historians of urbanity and of material culture.
Moreover, the book is a pleasure to read, reminding us of its author's characteristic wit and urbanity.
Urbanity is one impor tant thread, femaleness another.
Improved mobility has resulted in a new urbanity that encompasses both landscape and city systems.
It was particularly important in urban environments where the possibilities for confusion were greatest, and where 'urbanity' first emerged.
Though perhaps not to the same extent as in cities, language usage in rural areas nevertheless reflects the same cosmopolitan influences that have produced the urban vernaculars that establish urbanity.
The experience of urbanity is therefore more mental than physical and urban life is no longer restricted to city-dwellers; the countryman may be urban while the city-dweller may not be.
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