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urbanness

urbanness noun: the state or condition of being urban.

Noun

urbanness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being urban.
    • The city’s quintessential urbanness could be its silver lining.2008 June 18, Anemona Hartocollis, “Workshop on Preparing for Calamities Focuses on the Flu”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    urbanity

Synonyms of urbanness

Origin of urbanness

From urban + -ness. Piecewise doublet of urbaneness.

Questions about urbanness

What does urbanness mean?
Urbanness means the state or condition of being urban.
What part of speech is urbanness?
Urbanness is a noun.

Words near urbanness in the dictionary

  1. urbanizers
  2. urbanizes
  3. urbanizing
  4. urbanlike
  5. urbanly
  6. urbanness
  7. urbano
  8. urbanocentric
  9. urbanoid
  10. urbanological
  11. urbanologies

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