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Inurbane, in-ur-bān′, adj. not urbane, unpolished.—adv.

If either party persists in refusal to confirm, and cannot show injury, that party's behavior is declared inurbane.

Here is the celebrated passage about “Wragg is in custody,” the text of which, though no doubt painful in subject and inurbane in phraseology, is really a rather slender basis on which to draw up an indictment against a nation.

Associated words: harpist, lyrist, lyrism, lyric, plectrum. harpy, n. extortioner, oppressor. harrow, v. wound, lacerate, tear, distress, torture, harass. harsh, a. inharmonious, rough, disagreeable, unpleasant, raucous; dissonant, strident, discordant, cacophonous: austere, morose, severe, ungracious, inurbane, discourteous, churlish, uncivil, blunt, bluff, brusque, acrimonious, caustic, acrid, repulsive. harum-scarum, a.

Impolite, discourteous, inurbane, uncivil, rude, disrespectful, pert, saucy, impertinent, impudent, insolent.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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