clubbiness
Americannoun
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the quality of being socially exclusive or cliquish.
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the quality of being congenial, cozy, or sociable.
Example Sentences
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To enact their agenda, every Chicago mayor must navigate the city’s 50-member City Council, a body known for its clubbiness, its members’ frequent criminal indictments and the immense control it can exert over development.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2023
In place of it there is only clubbiness and deceit.
From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2016
“Lip Sync Battle” is looser and grittier—more Spike TV—than Fallon’s show, allowing for a hint of Kimmel-esque celebrities-messing-with-each-other ho-ho clubbiness.
From The New Yorker • May 28, 2015
Kleiner has invested in Uber, Nest, Dropcam, Waze, and Snapchat, but I was shocked with all this clubbiness that no one mentioned golf.
From The Verge • Apr. 2, 2015
It was a rather surreal reminder that the clubbiness of the Senate apparently knows no bounds.
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2015
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