urbanity

Long Island over the last 50 years has moved away from urbanity, not toward it.

Over and above all this, music has a certain lack of urbanity about it.

By this he means the urbanity we associate with American cities from the 20's to the 50's.

"None of this really concerns me," he said and his urbanity returned.

But these days, Bombay has come to represent another sort of urbanity.

It seems as if urbanity will always rub up against the quaint here.

Judging by the quiet urbanity of his consent he did not think so either.

"Simply lots of things," replied Tommy with the same urbanity as before.

His urbanity almost crumpled under the onslaught, but he held the line.

The same goes for the works in this show, which exude a hip urbanity.

The film, like its characters, is always ready for stylish urbanity and movie magic.

He examined himself and smiled into the camera with an easy, tolerant urbanity.

But his brother lost none of his urbanity as he continued.

He was a rare combination of force and urbanity.

Models for the new urbanity are stylish, but not foppish.

There are several ways in which 'urbanity' has come to the villages.

Two weeks ago, he said, he decided to escape urbanity for a weekend.

Anderson's urbanity is an amusing, though rather negative feature of his character.

He smiled, trying for urbanity and coming dangerously close to a smirk.

Without anyone's noticing, the very word urbanity has taken on a tinge of irony.

All the younger man's carefully manufactured urbanity was gone.

"Transmit immediately," he snapped, the calculated urbanity of his voice gone.

She could see him growing quite testy beneath that polished urbanity of his.

But I was as intent as he on playing out the scene, and with the same urbanity.

Stalin maintained his urbanity, but thought Shaw was "an awful person."