| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| Urban refers generally to cities and their characteristics, as in The environment was urban rather than rural or suburban, but it also has a specialized American sense, designating any place of fifty thousand or more inhabitants, as in It’s not a large town, but it classifies as urban in the census. Urbane means “courteous, polished, refined” and is used to describe a person’s manners: He was an impressive, urbane sort of man. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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