clubby
Use Clubby in a sentence
i 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.
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clubby (ˈklʌbɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , -bier, -biest | |
| 1. | sociable, esp effusively so |
| 2. | exclusive or cliquish |
| 'clubbily | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
The clubby elite macroeconomists ignored these people.
In such a clubby, comfortable place, pronouncements about the origin of the cosmos seem a bit overreaching.
Once the industry was clubby and opaque, the preserve of rich families and private endowments.
Today that clubby world is being shaken more and more by a handful of upstarts.
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