0 the fact or quality of being urbane (= confident, relaxed, and polite):
The book is a pleasure to read, reminding us of its author's characteristic wit and urbanity.
The Emperor accepted this apology with characteristic graciousness and urbanity.
The more of us who behave with civility and urbanity, the more civility and urbanity there will be.
The negotiation should be simple for a man of his urbanity and charm.
Style, grace, urbanity, and a clear sense of identity are the hallmarks of all great cities.
It was, instead, a concern for the most fundamental aspects of urbanity- density, continuity, social interaction and shape - that characterized his work.
Downes is at his most poetic here, bringing sophistication and urbanity, without distorting the movement's natural eloquence.
The disciplinary effects of these tales on a generation of women about to participate in the emerging hetero-socializing culture of modern urbanity cannot be overestimated.
Our research suggests that there are a number of architectural tools to enable this: sustainability, urbanity, identity, stewardship.
In the seventeenth century ' modes of urbanity ' spread into the countryside, displacing older rituals of hospitality even among rustic gentry.
