urbane
adjective
having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities.
urbanely
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a word derived from
urbane.
Example Sentences
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Our fashionably attired, urbanely equipped example cost just $57,276, out the door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
If you would write perfectly, Maugham once declared, you should write as clearly, as urbanely as Voltaire, which is just what he himself tries to do.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2019
Still, it’ll be something to muse urbanely over as the ashes fall.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 11, 2017
Well, the cabbies' shelters are like this; from the outside they have the air of little cricket pavilions that have been - somewhat oxymoronically - urbanely rusticated.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2012
He beamed urbanely as he began orienting Colonel Scheisskopf to his new surroundings.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
