Synonyms for urbanity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ur-ban-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɜrˈbæn ɪ ti |
Top 10 synonyms for urbanity Other synonyms for the word urbanity
Définition of urbanity
Origin :- 1530s, from French urbanité (14c.) or directly from Latin urbanitas, from urbanus (see urban).
- noun elegance
- Despite his visitor's urbanity, he was still a little nervous.
- Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- We manage to correct a stranger with urbanity and good humour.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- His tone had lost a little of its urbanity when he answered.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- There was no trace of humour or urbanity now in Captain Blood.
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- Urbanity he practised, not with jest and witticism, but by the courtesy of his demeanour.
- Extract from : « Agesilaus » by Xenophon
- The urbanity was not exactly cold enough for George's notions.
- Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- I like lessons in getting on—in other words I suppose you mean in urbanity—from you, Julia!
- Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James
- In other respects, the new family were noted for kindliness and urbanity.
- Extract from : « Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader » by R.M. Ballantyne
- Such is the urbanity of Caesar, even while he bites his lip with displeasure.
- Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
- When obliged to jostle each other they were all politeness and urbanity.
- Extract from : « Post Haste » by R.M. Ballantyne
Antonyms for urbanity
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