polite, courteous
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Urbane Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Urbane Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Courteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutCourteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant.
urbane
\ur*bane"\ (?), a. [see urban.] courteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant.
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]
urbane
courteous
Adjective
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"
(synonym) polished, refined, svelte
(similar) sophisticated
2. characterized by tact and propriety
(similar) gracious
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"
(synonym) sophisticated
(similar) cosmopolitan
Urbane Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Urbane mentioned in the Bible:
- Romans 16:9
- Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.
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Urbane Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
courteous
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock. About