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urbane Adjective polite, elegant, and sophisticated in manner [Latin urbanus of the town]
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urbane adjective sophisticated, cultured, polished, civil, mannerly, smooth, elegant, refined, cultivated, cosmopolitan, civilized, courteous, suave, well-bred, debonair, well-mannered << OPPOSITE boorish |
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In those days conversation was still cultivated as an art; a neat repartee was more highly valued than the crackling of thorns under a pot; and the epigram, not yet a mechanical appliance by which the dull may achieve a semblance of wit, gave sprightliness to the small talk of the urbane. Goodwin had lately moved to North Edgewood and had never before met the urbane and persuasive Mr. The urbane activity with which a man receives money is really marvellous, considering that we so earnestly believe money to be the root of all earthly ills, and that on no account can a monied man enter heaven. |
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