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Meanings of urbane in anglès

Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience.

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Examples for "polished"
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The end result is a polished product, though not without its shortcomings.
Wired
2
Tinaja similar in form and size to the preceding; black polished ware.
Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the India...
3
But Tamim and Mushfiqur restored the situation with a polished century partnership.
The Guardian
4
His enormous sea shells, cast in polished bronze, are cumbersome and costly.
The Guardian
5
Points of light twinkled in the polished balls of the brass andirons.
Kathleen
1
Sugar: Yes, excessive sugar, refined sugars and even excessive healthy natural sugars.
Jamaica Observer
2
Rosneft has rapidly expanded its trade in refined products in recent year.
Reuters
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This growing supply surge has not yet affected the refined copper market.
Reuters
4
So in January this year, the MP Harry Cohen refined Mahon's question.
The Guardian
5
Yet there is no obvious corresponding build of refined lead in China.
Reuters
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In cold weather his preferences go toward the buxom, in summer, svelte.
A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music
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Speck's SeeThru is about as svelte as a protective case can get.
Wired
3
More powerful speakers than the previous Pro make it a svelte boombox.
Wired
4
This suede low-top which delivers big-boot stability in a svelte alpine-centric package.
Climbing Magazine
5
The Ultrabooks will be svelte and lightweight but still pack high-performace processors.
Reuters
Usage of urbane in anglès
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In reality the cloak of secrecy is best achieved through urbane banality.
The Irish Times
2
Spare a thought for Garry Richardson, the Today programme's urbane sports correspondent.
The Guardian
3
Labor, it is clear, can be every bit as urbane as capital.
The new yorker
4
He was supremely confident, and the best sense of the word urbane.
The Guardian
5
The answering machine clicked and my wonderfully urbane message began to play.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
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She received the urbane stranger with a timidity amounting almost to trepidation.
A Dream of Empire; Or, The House of Blennerhassett
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Yet more of Mr Cameron's urbane, diligent placemen and women are decorated.
The Guardian
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The urbane, traditional merchant banker is renowned for his charm and discretion.
Reuters
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Not the sophisticated and urbane Traders who had once been Sedric's companions.
Rain Wild Chronicles 02 - Dragon Haven
10
Nor was Daniel Granger slow to take advantage of his urbane humour.
The Lovels of Arden
11
Let's turn our plaudits from urbane beings to workers of the land.
Rhyme and Reason Volume Two
12
And the ever urbane Wenger may even have been a little disturbed.
The Irish Times
13
She had a woman's sense of humour, which is not always urbane.
Viviette
14
Few of its urbane residents dared to venture far from the Red Sea.
Ghost wars
15
Suddenly urbane all over again, she refuses to ask me what I want.
The godfather of kathmandu
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Well groomed, urbane and appearing much younger than his 50 years.
The Irish Times
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