urbanity
noun
ur·ban·i·ty
| \ ˌər-ˈba-nə-tē
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plural urbanities
Definition of urbanity
1
: the quality or state of being urbane
2
urbanities plural
: urbane acts or conduct
Examples of urbanity in a Sentence
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In the surrounding countryside are Palladio’s villas, where the architect combined opulent living quarters and working farm buildings into coherent complexes that married nature with culture, rusticity and urbanity. — Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, "Escape Venice’s tourist crush with a trip to Vicenza, home of great Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio," 30 July 2019 But nowhere was McGinnis’s genius more prominently on display than in his posters for the James Bond films, sensual collages that effortlessly summoned the martini urbanity of Britain’s most famous spy. — Michael Callahan, Vanities, "The Man Behind History’s Most Iconic Movie Posters, From Breakfast at Tiffany’s to James Bond," 19 Apr. 2017 The finale starts with a motoric toccata that could have come from Bartók, then moves on to imitate an Irish jig, before adding a bit of boogie-woogie; the suave opening of the work draws from the luxe urbanity of Poulenc. — Russell Platt, The New Yorker, "A New Recording Makes the Case for the Soviet Composer MieczysÅ‚aw Weinberg," 1 Mar. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'urbanity.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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