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corteous | urbane |

As an adjective urbane is

(of a man) courteous, polite, refined, and suave.

urbane

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a man) Courteous, polite, refined, and suave.
  • * 1949 : George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four , p12
  • He felt deeply drawn to him, and not solely because he was intrigued by the contrast between O’Brien’s urbane manner and his prize-fighter’s physique.

    Antonyms

    * rustic

    References

    * The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition] ----