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Meanings of urbane in English

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

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Usage of urbane in English
1
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
6
She received the urbane stranger with a timidity amounting almost to trepidation.
A Dream of Empire; Or, The House of Blennerhassett
7
Yet more of Mr Cameron's urbane, diligent placemen and women are decorated.
The Guardian
8
The urbane, traditional merchant banker is renowned for his charm and discretion.
Reuters
9
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
16
Well groomed, urbane and appearing much younger than his 50 years.
The Irish Times
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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