Associations to the word «Urbanity»

Wiktionary

URBANITY, noun. Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.
URBANITY, noun. (in the plural) Courtesies.
URBANITY, noun. What is characteristically urban in an area; urbanness.

Dictionary definition

URBANITY, noun. Polished courtesy; elegance of manner.
URBANITY, noun. The quality or character of life in a city or town; "there is an important difference between rusticity and urbanity".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats