urbanity

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.

   “The vaunted courtesy of the old school, the smooth urbanity that prevailed in former days [...]”

   “Wealdon's two little visits explained perfectly the active urbanities of Captain Stanley Lake.”

   “Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.”

2. (countable, uncountable)Urbanness.

   “[...], the majority of cases will differ as to "urbanity", as most of the evacuees were rural.”

   “Evacuees, the majority of whom were rural persons, reported more tensions as the urbanity of the reception community increased”

   “If the criterion of urbanity is the mixture of classes and ethic groups, in some cases including a mixture of blacks and whites, along with dens living and crowded streets and the omnipresence of all manner of business near the home in every quarter, then the cities of the United States in the years between 1820 and 1870 marked the zenith of our national urbanity.”