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confidence from wide social experience — typically said of a man

James Bond is seen as urbane, witty, and intelligent.

He is an urbane diplomat, schooled in France and with a flawless command of six languages.
maintained an urbane tone in his letters
His temper had changed from one of urbane contentment—indeed of delicious expansion—to one of uneasiness and expectation.
Woolf, Virginia -- Night and Day
The marquis lifted his eyebrows; but he was apparently determined to be even more urbane than usual.
James, Henry -- The American
and immediately he added the remark with urbane playfulness that Ulysses was an astute person.
Conrad, Joseph -- The Arrow of Gold
Goodwin had lately moved to North Edgewood and had never before met the urbane and persuasive Mr.
Wiggin, Kate Douglas -- Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm
He accosted him with an urbane smile.
Oppenheim, E. Phillips -- A Millionaire of Yesterday
And thus he was forced to watch in a state of silent anguish while the imp's urbane sardonic voice whispered in his ear.
Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
Then he would turn smooth as silk, affable, urbane, and try to win her so.
Virginia Woolf -- To the Lighthouse
He was a silk-haired senior, with his cope and crosier, alb and ring —urbane, ecclesiastical, knowing the spiritual power.
T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
He had seen her lift her eyes, and waved his hand urbanely to her, while he blew her a kiss.
Thomas Hardy -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Not with the greatest urbanity, I must say.
Charles Dickens -- Bleak House
And now here he was, rich, urbane, and tremendous, in a green Alpini hat with a red feather, doing paperwork in a bunker at two thousand meters.
Mark Helprin -- A Soldier of the Great War
How urbane, how Tajik, of you.
Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
I believed that because I had grown up the way I did, I was just inherently tougher than my more urbane coworkers, and could get away with more.
Rick Bragg -- All Over but the Shoutin'
He was charming and urbane with visitors, and stopped just short of fawning on them if they happened to be white.
Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
She made him more urbane.
W. Somerset Maugham -- Of Human Bondage
The faces of the guests, confident, urbane, and relaxed, were illuminated by a dozen candelabra and the soft liquid light of the downstairs chandeliers.
Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
CUSINS [urbanely: trying to bring him down to earth] This is extremely interesting, Mr Undershaft.
George Bernard Shaw -- Major Barbara

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