Urbane is an English word with synonyms like polished or refined. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Urbane meaning
- Of a person (usually a man): having refined manners; courteous, polite, suave.
- Of an act, expression, etc.: suited to a person of refined manners; elegant, sophisticated.
- Obsolete spelling of urban (“of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a city or town, or life in such a place; living in a city or town; having authority or jurisdiction over a city or town”).
Synonyms of Urbane
Using Urbane
- The main meaning on this page is: Of a person (usually a man): having refined manners; courteous, polite, suave. | Of an act, expression, etc.: suited to a person of refined manners; elegant, sophisticated. | Obsolete spelling of urban (“of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a city or town, or life in such a place; living in a city or town; having authority or jurisdiction over a city or town”).
- Useful related words include: polished, refined, svelte, sophisticated.
- In the example corpus, urbane often appears in combinations such as: an urbane, and urbane, very urbane.
Context around Urbane
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Urbane
- In this selection, "urbane" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, watch, management, soft and charming stand out and add context to how "urbane" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include alexander s urbane manner and and amid the urbane precincts of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "urbane" sits close to words such as abad, abovementioned and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with urbane
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Mbeki was seen as pragmatic, eloquent, rational and urbane. (9 words)
Wearing European-style clothes and urbane mannerisms, he became a skilled bridge player. (13 words)
Both men were provincial aristocrats; neither was ever entirely comfortable amid the urbane precincts of their national capitals. (18 words)
Macmillan thought Alexander's urbane manner and willingness to discuss and compromise were a sensible way to maintain inter-Allied cooperation, but Alexander's reserve was such that some thought him empty of strategic ideas and unable to make decisions. (40 words)
An urbane, soft-spoken former auto executive, Aldo Bozzi does not fit the mold of a driven Manhattan restaurateur — much less one who almost single-handedly, if inadvertently, set off a restaurant revolution in the United States and beyond. (39 words)
Recorded in 1995 in New York City, the album defines an urban and urbane sound that was archly counterposed to both the ironic college rock and grunge-driven trends of its day. (32 words)
Example sentences (18)
Most importantly he ticks the equity and justice ticket with a balanced running mate that is both humane and urbane.
According to permits filed with the Department of Buildings, Michael Rosenberg of Urbane Management Team Inc. is behind the development.
Where former Greens leader Richard Di Natale’s ilk had been urbane and professional, Chandler-Mather is brash and unapologetic, forged in the fires of student politics.
An urbane, soft-spoken former auto executive, Aldo Bozzi does not fit the mold of a driven Manhattan restaurateur — much less one who almost single-handedly, if inadvertently, set off a restaurant revolution in the United States and beyond.
Both are urbane, charming and clever men, foreigners charged with turning around banks vital to the interests of the home countries.
Chief Adesina was a dashingly handsome, very urbane gentleman, Chief Salami’s bosom friend, Director of Sports of the Western State Sports Council, a UK-trained first-generation sports administrator.
Both men were provincial aristocrats; neither was ever entirely comfortable amid the urbane precincts of their national capitals.
In making the award, the judges said: “Ten years after its completion, the work to this nearly 200-year-old building stands out as an urbane addition to the community.
Recorded in 1995 in New York City, the album defines an urban and urbane sound that was archly counterposed to both the ironic college rock and grunge-driven trends of its day.
Example sentence: The party at the Hilton was very urbane, full of men wearing tuxedos and sipping expensive wine.
However, the meaning of value varies from user to user, but still buying the LG Watch Urbane is a smart and wise decision.
It seems that an exhibition on an urbane, selfie-loving artist, staged in one of Manhattan's most ostentatious neighbourhoods, could be nothing an influencer's paradise.
Now when the LG Watch Urbane supports Android Wear 2.0, the watch has become more appealing when compared with the Apple Watch.
He addressed his first book of Epistles to a variety of friends and acquaintances in an urbane style reflecting his new social status as a knight.
His celebrated work Metamorphosus, or the Golden Ass is an urbane, extravagant, inventive novel of the ancient world.
Macmillan thought Alexander's urbane manner and willingness to discuss and compromise were a sensible way to maintain inter-Allied cooperation, but Alexander's reserve was such that some thought him empty of strategic ideas and unable to make decisions.
Mbeki was seen as pragmatic, eloquent, rational and urbane.
Wearing European-style clothes and urbane mannerisms, he became a skilled bridge player.
Common combinations with urbane
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an urbane 5×
- and urbane 4×
- very urbane 2×
- watch urbane 2×