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clubby

[ kluhb-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, club·bi·er, club·bi·est.

characteristic of a club:
The room had a warm, clubby atmosphere.
very friendly; intimate; chummy:
He became clubby with the bartender, who slipped him many free drinks.
socially exclusive; cliquish:
Their group is very clubby and unfriendly.
inclined to join clubs.

clubby

/ ˈklʌbɪ /

Origin of clubby¹

First recorded in 1855–60; club + -y ¹

GLOBAL FRATERNITY The Mostly Male Face of Davos The World Economic Forum is like a fraternity—loud, clubby, and male.

But here we have the original home that used "Sandstorm" for clubby Christmas light display in 2006.

Gavin previously asserted that Reliable Sources had a "clubby" atmosphere and repeatedly uses a select few Beltway guests.

They're the pleasantest people in Three Meadows and we're very clubby.

The party addressed didn't look very clubby, but she was too polite to pull the cut direct.

We could of talked to plenty o' people here, all right; they were as clubby a gang as I ever seen.

It was only a pleasant clubby discussion of the problem of Jim's and Charity's innocence that delayed the jury's verdict.

An' it's too broad an' clubby f'r a grizzly, an' the claws are too long f'r the length of the foot.

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