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Word entry · 8 letters

urbanity

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"City polish"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /əːˈbæn.ɪ.ti/Part of speech nounSorted abinrtuyStarts with UEnds with Y1 clues
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Definitions

  1. the quality or character of life in a city or town

Word origin

From Middle English urbanitie, from Middle French urbanité, from Latin urbānitās, from urbānus (“belonging to a city”), with a sense of "having the manners of townspeople" in Classical Latin, from urbs (“city”); equivalent to urbane + -ity (sense 1) and urban + -ity (sense 2).

Used in a sentence

  • The vaunted courtesy of the old school, the smooth urbanity that prevailed in former days [...]
  • Wealdon's two little visits explained perfectly the active urbanities of Captain Stanley Lake.
  • Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.

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