Word Meanings - URBANITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The quality or state of being urbane; civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement. The marquis did the honors of his house with the urbanity of his country. W. Irving. 2. Polite wit; facetiousness. Dryden. Raillery in the sauce

Additional info about word: URBANITY

1. The quality or state of being urbane; civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement. The marquis did the honors of his house with the urbanity of his country. W. Irving. 2. Polite wit; facetiousness. Dryden. Raillery in the sauce of civil entertainment; and without some such tincture of urbanity, good humor falters. L'Estrange. Syn. -- Politeness; suavity; affability; courtesy.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of URBANITY)

• Comity
• Urbanity
• pleasantness
• affability
• blandness
• Courtesy
• Politeness
• urbanity
• civility
• graciousness

Related words: (words related to URBANITY)

• POLITENESS
  1. High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance. Evelyn. 2. The quality or state of being polite; refinement of manners; urbanity; courteous behavior; complaisance; obliging attentions. Syn. -- Courtesy; good breeding; refinement; urbanity;
• BLANDNESS
  The state or quality of being bland.
• PLEASANTNESS
  The state or quality of being pleasant.
• URBANITY
  1. The quality or state of being urbane; civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement. The marquis did the honors of his house with the urbanity of his country. W. Irving. 2. Polite wit; facetiousness. Dryden. Raillery in the sauce
• CIVILITY
  1. The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; a state of civilization. Monarchies have risen from barbarrism to civility, and fallen again to ruin. Sir J. Davies. The gradual depature
• COMITY
  Mildness and suavity of manners; courtesy between equals; friendly equals; friendly civility; as, comity of manners; the comity of States. Comity of nations , the courtesy by which nations recognize within their own territory, or in their courts,
• AFFABILITY
  The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior. Affability is of a wonderful efficacy or power in procuring love. Elyot
• COURTESY
  corteisie, courtesie, OF. curteisie, cortoisie, OF. curteisie, 1. Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness. And trust thy honest-offered courtesy, With oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry walls And courts
• GRACIOUSNESS
  Quality of being gracious.
• UNCIVILITY
  Incivility.
• INCIVILITY
  1. The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness. Shak. Tillotson. 2. Any act of rudeness or ill breeding. Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in civil account, are called indecencies and
• DISCOURTESY
  Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility. Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy. Herbert.
• INCOMITY
  Want of comity; incivility; rudeness.
• INURBANITY
  Want of urbanity or courtesy; unpolished manners or deportment; inurbaneness; rudeness. Bp. Hall.
• INAFFABILITY
  Want of affability or sociability; reticence.