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Definition
urbane adjective
/ɜːˈbeɪn/
/ɝː-/ adj approving
/ɝː-/ adj approving (especially of a man) confident, comfortable and polite in social situations
John Herschel was an urbane, kindly and generous man.
urbanely
adverb
/ɜːˈbeɪn.li//ɝː-/ adv
/ɝː-/ adv urbanity
noun
/ɜːˈbæn.ɪ.ti//ɝːˈbæn.ə.t ̬i/ n [U]
/ɝːˈbæn.ə.t ̬i/ n [U] (Definition of urbane adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
