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urbanities

  • plural
    of urbanity.
    urbanity
    noun
    the quality of being urbane; refined courtesy or politeness; suavity.

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We urbanities are born gritty, born resourceful and imaginative, born with a strategic mindset and born competitive, with a drive to succeed.

From Scientific American Apr. 22, 2022

Novelist Naomi Alderman chats with inventor Saul Griffith, composer Brian Eno exchanges urbanities with forensic architect Eyal Weizman.

From The Guardian Dec. 27, 2020

His rages, his gaiety, his coldblooded urbanities lack the neurotic, compulsive tensions which made Boult what he was.

From Time Magazine Archive

So several times a year they surround a common board, listen to the lighter observations of ambassadors and dignitaries, rejoicing in the amenities and urbanities of Anglo-American relations.

From Time Magazine Archive

In no modern correspondence do we see a higher perfection in the polished courtesies and urbanities of social life, with the alloy of vanity, irony, and discontent.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements by John Lord