Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Urbane"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Urbane \Ur*bane"\, a. [See {Urban}.]
Courteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
urbane
adj 1: showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that
comes from wide social experience; "his polished
manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"
[syn: {polished}, {refined}, {svelte}]
2: characterized by tact and propriety
3: marked by wide-ranging knowledge and appreciation of many
parts of the world arising from urban life and wide
travel; "the sophisticated manners of a true cosmopolite";
"urbane and pliant...he was at ease even in the drawing
rooms of Paris" [syn: {sophisticated}]
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