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kluhb
-ee
]
club·by
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i
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kluhb
-ee
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adjective,
club·bi·er,
club·bi·est.
1.
characteristic of a
club
:
The room had a warm, clubby atmosphere.
2.
very friendly; intimate; chummy:
He became clubby with the bartender, who slipped him many free drinks.
3.
socially exclusive; cliquish:
Their group is very clubby and unfriendly.
4.
inclined to join
clubs
.
Origin:
1855–60;
club
+
-y
1
Related forms
club·bi·ly,
adverb
club·bi·ness,
noun
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clubby
(ˈklʌbɪ)
—
adj
,
-bier
,
-biest
1.
sociable, esp effusively so
2.
exclusive or cliquish
'clubbily
—
adv
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