Category:Urbanity

Ur*ban"i*ty, n. Etym: [l. urbanitas; cf. F. urbanité.]

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. [obs.] 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.