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'Urbanely' is the adverb of 'urbane'. It tells you the WAY someone does something: in a smooth, calm, socially confident way. If a man answers urbanely, he answers without getting flustered, in a pleasant, easy, slightly polished manner. If a woman smiles urbanely, her smile is the , comfortable smile of someone who is used to rooms full of people. It sits next to verbs of speaking and social behaviour — say, reply, answer, remark, smile, greet, chat, wave. Two honest notes. First, it is rare: much rarer than 'urbane' itself. Writers usually prefer 'smoothly', 'calmly', 'pleasantly', or they just use the adjective ('he was urbane about it'). Second, because it is rare and formal, it often carries a small dry edge — the writer is watching the person perform, and lets you feel that the smoothness is a performance. You should recognise it when you read it; you do not need to reach for it when you write.
溫文有禮地、從容自若地(副詞,形容說話或應對的方式)
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
urbanelyadv
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In an urbane manner.
- The other took the card from his hand, read it in a rapid glance, looked again at Newman from head to foot, hesitated a moment, and then said, gravely but urbanely, “Madame de Cintré is not at home.”
- Appleby[…]rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。