There is also a whole body of work online encompassing twenty years development and production into the urbanity of cities. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
There is an important difference between rusticity and urbanity. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Noun, : He was the last word in urbanity. From Dictionary.com.
What we call urbanity is tolerance of other opinions; what we call reasonableness is the willingness to change opinions if convinced. From Wordnik.com. [The Foundations of Personality] Reference
Urbanus is said of urbanity, that is courtesy, or it is said of ur, that is to say fire or light and banal, that is to say response or answer. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Legend, vol. 3] Reference
I've been wondering, though, whether "urbanity" is the right word for what we're thinking. From Wordnik.com. [The End of Suburbia] Reference
The prominent Queen's Counsel, in welcoming Justice Kirby to the bench, commented on the new judge's "urbanity". From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
Orleans, despatched their billets by the forlornly precarious post only when they could not send them by the "urbanity" of such or such a one!. From Wordnik.com. [Kincaid's Battery] Reference
"urbanity," has any equally fostering influence on instinctive mutual helpfulness as an element of that urbanity. From Wordnik.com. [Impressions and Comments] Reference
But I’m not a person who can take this ticket in stride with the kind of urbanity urbane people prize in each other. From Wordnik.com. [The Dog of the Marriage] Reference
For both projects in New York City, described as an "intense kind of urbanity, there are challenges in both construction and dealing with controversial uses of land. From Wordnik.com. [The Wannabe] Reference
Ever after, the martini was the height of urbanity. From Wordnik.com. [Shake Or Stir, But Please Don't Sweeten] Reference
It's said that urbanity and prosperity go hand in hand. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
But the best thing about Taniguchi's scheme may be its urbanity. From Wordnik.com. [RED HOT MOMA] Reference
Indeed, his urbanity made a deep impression upon all his colleagues. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
Italian virtue of urbanity prevented from being either monstrous or ridiculous. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
The brouhaha creates a sense of urgency and underscores the urbanity of the collection. From Wordnik.com. [Fashion Week wrap-up: Fresh talent has clearly joined the ranks of the old guard] Reference
"Somebody has been saying so to you," said Lady Caroline, with less urbanity than usual. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
But he had not the natural urbanity of Odo Russell, nor the invariable discretion of Lord. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
And she said this morning with unquenchable urbanity, "I will learn you how to do shadow work.". From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Dakota Divorcee] Reference
Marguerite de Valois wrote, "Gentleness, cheerfulness, and urbanity are the Three Graces of manners.". From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
The train departs and the same scenery of suburbia sliding into dense concrete urbanity blurs past her. From Wordnik.com. [The Bridge] Reference
Its fine urbanity was reflected in the harmony and delicacy of Racine, as well as in the critical decorum of. From Wordnik.com. [The Women of the French Salons] Reference
All the urbanity of Frenchmen, joined with the delightful frankness of the profession, assured us we were welcome. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823] Reference
He answered questions about his department with urbanity, replied to criticism with courtesy and painstaking detail. From Wordnik.com. [Lloyd George The Man and His Story] Reference
For he was a man of great urbanity, sobered by thought upon the complexities of life, but yet with sparkling courage. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
The book ushered in an age of self-confident urbanity, which regarded provincial life with ridicule and condescension. From Wordnik.com. [Parsing The Politics Of 'Main Street'] Reference
It is evident that the great soldier sometimes forgot the urbanity which was so strongly insisted upon in this society. From Wordnik.com. [The Women of the French Salons] Reference
The works of Charles de Bernard in wit and urbanity, and in the peculiar charm that wit and urbanity give, are of the best French type. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
That's the New India, and you don't like to recognize them because they're new to power, new to the urbanity to which you are accustomed. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Lydon: Real India: Ashis Nandy's post-colonial "intimate enemies" (AUDIO)] Reference
The qualities and defects of the female character were frankly canvassed, each view being held with fervour, but expressed with urbanity. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
I have heard a poetess call attention to the beauties of her own production, and receive praise or adverse criticism with the same charming urbanity. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
This conversation passes between Mr.. Swiggs and Mr. Hadger, who, as he says with great urbanity of manner, just dropped in to announce joyous tidings. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
Mr Forsheu, with that urbanity we so well understand how to appreciate, informed the distinguished lady that he had an article exactly suited to her wants. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
She had enjoyed the role; she had always wanted to live vicariously in that world of prying detectives and glacial beauties, that realm of shadowy urbanity. From Wordnik.com. [Smoke and Mirrors] Reference
WuDunn is east coast-cum-Orient; a third-generation Chinese American formed through the fusion of her family's Chinese roots and the urbanity of New York City. From Wordnik.com. [Half the Sky: how the trafficking of women today is on a par with genocide] Reference
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