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urbane |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Urbane \Ur*bane"\, a. [See {Urban}.] Courteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}] From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Urbane, courteous
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