urbanities
urbanities is the plural of urbanity.
Meaning of urbanity
Noun
urbanity (countable and uncountable, plural urbanities)
- 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
- 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
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