Urbanity

/ɜːbˈanɪti/

/ɜːbˈænɪɾi/

[noun]

Urbanity

[NOUN]

a refined politeness and sophistication in behavior and manner

the distinct qualities or characteristics of life within a city or town

antonyms : rusticity

Examples

1. What is urbanity in the future?

2. His characters showed a fresh approach to the romantic hero: vitality, urbanity, charm, and natural talent.

3. His sheer urbanity as the remarkable writer that he is in those years when he wrote under Tina Brown for The New Yorker was just a remarkable achievement, and his career is still going strong.

4. Let's have intense, little blobs of urbanity surrounded by farmland, and just join them up in a network.