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urbanities

urbanities is the plural of urbanity.

Meaning of urbanity

Noun

urbanity (countable and uncountable, plural urbanities)

  1. Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.
    • The vaunted courtesy of the old school, the smooth urbanity that prevailed in former days [...]1825, Washington Irving, “Paris at the Restoration”, in The Crayon Papers
    Synonyms:
    urbaneness
  2. Urbanness.
    • [...], the majority of cases will differ as to "urbanity", as most of the evacuees were rural.1955, C.J. Lammers, Studies in Holland Flood Disaster 1953, volume 2, page 39
    Antonyms:
    rurality

Questions about urbanities

What is urbanities the plural of?
Urbanities is the plural of urbanity.

Words near urbanities in the dictionary

  1. urbanistically
  2. urbanistics
  3. urbanists
  4. urbanite
  5. urbanites
  6. urbanities
  7. urbanitis
  8. urbanity
  9. urbanization
  10. urbanizations
  11. urbanize

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