urbane [adjective]: possessing qualities associated with urban (city) life; sophisticated and refined in manners.
Example: The speaker was witty and urbane, and knew how to charm audiences.
Related words: urbanely [adverb], urbaneness [noun]
Synonyms: charming, civil, civilized, cosmopolitan, courteous, cultivated, cultured, debonair, elegant, gentlemanly, polished, refined, smooth, sophisticated, suave, well-mannered, worldly
Antonyms: awkward, boorish, clumsy, coarse, crude, gawky, ill-mannered, impolite, inelegant, loud, loutish, rough, rustic, uncivil, uncivilized, ungentlemanly, unpolished, unrefined, unsophisticated, vulgar
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