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schmoozy
adverb
uk /ˈʃmuː.zi/ us /ˈʃmuː.zi/
informal or friendly, especially in a way that is not sincere, or that is intended to win some advantage for yourself:
The politicians enjoyed schmoozy dinners with lobbyists and corporate supporters.
He looked a little schmoozy, like he'd be really charming to you but not mean a word of it.
I work on the schmoozy development side of charity fundraising.
He gave one of those schmoozy, informal speeches with no notes.
The schmoozy game-show host never really looked comfortable in the world of news television.
Big, schmoozy dinners are a really important part of my job.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
backhanded compliment
bootlicker
bow and scrapeidiom
crawler
creep
flummery
glad-handing
grovel
grovelling
grovellingly
massage someone's egoidiom
obsequious
obsequiously
people pleaser
play up to someone
sycophantically
toady
toadying
truckle
unctuous
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