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urbane |
Overview of adj urbane The adj urbane has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. polished, refined, svelte, urbane -- (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") 2. urbane -- (characterized by tact and propriety) 3. sophisticated, urbane -- (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") Antonyms of adj urbane 3 senses of urbane Sense 1 polished, refined, svelte, urbane INDIRECT (VIA sophisticated) -> naive, naif Sense 2 urbane INDIRECT (VIA gracious) -> ungracious Sense 3 sophisticated, urbane INDIRECT (VIA cosmopolitan) -> provincial Similarity of adj urbane 3 senses of urbane Sense 1 polished, refined, svelte, urbane => sophisticated (vs. naive) Sense 2 urbane => gracious (vs. ungracious) Sense 3 sophisticated, urbane => cosmopolitan (vs. provincial) Attributes of adj urbane Familiarity of adj urbane urbane used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj urbane urbane Overview of adj urbane The adj urbane has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. polished, refined, svelte, urbane -- (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") 2. urbane -- (characterized by tact and propriety) 3. sophisticated, urbane -- (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")
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