Synonyms for urbane
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ur-beyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɜrˈbeɪn |
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Définition of urbane
Origin :- 1530s, "of or relating to cities or towns," from Middle French urbain (14c.), from Latin 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 from 1530s. For sense connection, cf. human/humane.
- adj civilized
- And always the Phillips manner was kind and gracious and urbane.
- Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- He's so urbane in his brutality; that's what makes it so crushing.
- Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
- "I perfectly agree with you," said the other, with an urbane bow.
- Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever
- But he snubbed her with a sharpness very unlike his urbane self.
- Extract from : « Good Old Anna » by Marie Belloc Lowndes
- Your custom of pairing is not what you call 'urbane' on this world.
- Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
- It was not likely that the others had noticed it, for his manner was as genial and urbane as ever.
- Extract from : « Jill the Reckless » by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
- "He will be back very shortly, sir," said the urbane Fisher.
- Extract from : « The Clue of the Twisted Candle » by Edgar Wallace
- Lived at Athens in his "gardens," an urbane and kindly, if somewhat useless, life.
- Extract from : « Meditations » by Marcus Aurelius
- “You seem in haste, friends,” said the curate, with an urbane smile.
- Extract from : « Hunted and Harried » by R.M. Ballantyne
- They are the most friendly and urbane things in modern English literature.
- Extract from : « The Bibliotaph » by Leon H. Vincent
Antonyms for urbane
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