urbanity
pronunciation
How to pronounce urbanity in British English:
UK [ɜ:'bænətɪ]
How to pronounce urbanity in American English:
US [ɚˈbænɪti]
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- Noun:
- polished courtesy; elegance of manner
Word Origin
- urbanity (n.)
- 1530s, from Middle French urbanité (14c.) and directly from Latin urbanitatem (nominative urbanitas) "city life; life in Rome; refinement, city fashion or manners, elegance, courtesy," also "wit, raillery, trickery," from urbanus (see urban).
Example
- 1. Most contemporary critics thought gruen had succeeded in bringing urbanity to the suburbs .
- 2. His urbanity made it easy to forget his early career as a revolutionary .
- 3. This is housing on the scale and density that architects and planners have been demanding for decades : a single developer ensuring a coherent , intelligent and compact urbanity .
- 4. But to those who suffer from the brutalities of the west , chinese urbanity is very restful .
- 5. Every new creative breed in present-day society captures his imagination and influences his research and study on interaction , urbanity movement , speed , and light .