noun
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the quality of being urbane
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(usually plural) civilities or courtesies
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of urbanity
From the Latin word urbānitās, dating back to 1525–35. See urbane, -ity
Example Sentences
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He’s from the San Fernando Valley, where he grew up with an enthusiasm for classical music and opera, along with yearning for urbanity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
The brand is a "superb combination of urbanity, hedonism and undeniable luxury," L'Oreal chief executive Nicolas Hieronimus said.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2023
I thought of the words "the urbanity of evil."
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2023
It offered an accessible urbanity, a kind of cosmopolitanism for the common folk.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2023
At the same time, he had an equanimity of temper which nothing could disturb, and a gentleness and urbanity of manner, which never forsook him.
From Curiosities of Human Nature by Anonymous
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
These urbanities over, the two statesmen posed for the ubiquitous cameramen, beaming and cracking jokes in French.
From Time Magazine Archive
His rages, his gaiety, his coldblooded urbanities lack the neurotic, compulsive tensions which made Boult what he was.
From Time Magazine Archive
I, too, believe that children, especially city-reared children with all their sophistications and urbanities, should be brought nearer to the simplicities of nature during the vacation period.
From Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home by Stephen Wise
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