Definition of "urbane" []

• Polite, refined, and often elegant in manner. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Carrie Vaughn just created the term urbane fantasy, I love it."
• "A Mini is a car that is bandy, diminutive and urbane, which is to say, good on gas and easy to park."
• "Bausch never succumbs to trippy New Age stuff that this set might suggest, however, and instead often engages her players in urbane games with tables and chairs and other hallmarks of daily life incongruous to the deep blue sea."