Urbane

Quick meaning: Urbane is an adjective meaning Of a person (usually a man): having refined manners; courteous, polite, suave.

Meaning

Of a person (usually a man): having refined manners; courteous, polite, suave.

More Meanings

1. Of an act, expression, etc.: suited to a person of refined manners; elegant, sophisticated.
2. Obsolete spelling of urban (“of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a city or town, or life in such a place; living in a city or town; having authority or jurisdiction over a city or town”).

Example Sentences

Our people must have some control over our destiny," reasons Wilma Muth, an urbane woman who serves as Inyo County supervisor.

We took advantage of our acquaintance with the urbane Frenchman to join his party; the conversation turned almost entirely on literary subjects.

He [Yusuf I of Granada] had an excellent memory, well stored with science and erudition; he was of a lively genius, and accounted the best poet of his time, and his manners were gentle, affable, and urbane.

"Good-morning, Sir," said his lordship, stepping forward in the most urbane manner, and stopping the doctor with a high-bred resolution impossible to resist, "I greatly fear you find no improvement in the symptoms to-day?"

Word Forms

• urbaner
• urbanest

Synonyms for urbane

Depending on context, synonyms include debonair, gracious, refined, svelte, sophisticated, cosmopolitan.

Antonyms for urbane

Common opposites include rustic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gracious, sophisticated, refined, cosmopolitan, svelte, polished.

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