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  • 101cosmopolitan — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sophisticated, urbane, worldly[ wise], polished; informed, tolerant. See knowledge, courtesy, abode. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not local or national] Syn. metropolitan, gregarious, catholic; see… …

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  • 102suave — [swäv] adj. suaver, suavest [MFr < L suavis,SWEET] smoothly gracious or polite; polished; blandly ingratiating; urbane suavely adv. suaveness n. SYN. SUAVE suggests the smoothly gracious social manner of one who deals with people easily and… …

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  • 103polished — adjective 1. perfected or made shiny and smooth (Freq. 2) his polished prose in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes freshly polished silver • Ant: ↑unpolished • Similar to: ↑bright, ↑ …

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  • 104Inurbane — In ur*bane , a. [L. inurbanus. See {In } not, and {Urbane}.] Uncivil; unpolished; rude. Opposite of {urbane}. M. Arnold. {In ur*bane ly}, adv. {In ur*bane ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 105Inurbanely — Inurbane In ur*bane , a. [L. inurbanus. See {In } not, and {Urbane}.] Uncivil; unpolished; rude. Opposite of {urbane}. M. Arnold. {In ur*bane ly}, adv. {In ur*bane ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 106Inurbaneness — Inurbane In ur*bane , a. [L. inurbanus. See {In } not, and {Urbane}.] Uncivil; unpolished; rude. Opposite of {urbane}. M. Arnold. {In ur*bane ly}, adv. {In ur*bane ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 107Urban — Ur ban, a. [L. urbanus belonging to the ?ity or town, refined, polished, fr. urbs, urbis, a city: cf. F. urbain. Cf. {Urbane}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population. [1913 Webster] 2. Belonging to, or… …

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  • 108Urban servitude — Urban Ur ban, a. [L. urbanus belonging to the ?ity or town, refined, polished, fr. urbs, urbis, a city: cf. F. urbain. Cf. {Urbane}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population. [1913 Webster] 2. Belonging to, or …

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  • 109urbanity — noun (plural ties) Date: 15th century 1. the quality or state of being urbane 2. plural urbane acts or conduct …

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  • 110Ernst Lubitsch — Infobox actor bgcolour = silver name = Ernst Lubitsch imagesize = 200px caption = in The Merry Widow (1934) birthname = Ernst Lubitsch birthdate = birth date|1892|1|28|mf=y location = Berlin, Germany deathdate = death date and… …

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