clubby

[ kluhb-ee ]

/ ˈklʌb i /

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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.

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Origin of clubby

First recorded in 1855–60; club + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM clubby

club·bi·ly, adverbclub·bi·ness, noun

Words nearby clubby

clubbable, club bag, clubbed, clubber, clubbing, clubby, club car, club chair, club class, club culture, club deal

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How to use clubby in a sentence

It was difficult, she said, for “your average resistance tweeter” to dig in and see which candidates had a shot — or which candidates did have a shot, but were being sidelined for sexist or clubby reasons.
The Trailer: Click, donate, lose: Do Democrats have a candidate glut?|David Weigel|May 13, 2021|Washington Post
Doherty is part of a surge young women from Generation Z, the post-Millennial demographic, born between 1997 to 2012, who have broken into the clubby world of venture capital over the past year or so.
Gen Z women are breaking into the venture capital boy’s club|Nitasha Tiku|April 23, 2021|Washington Post
Beute — whose ordeal triggered some of the events that followed — said he believes fallout from the case could force a reckoning for the lax oversight and clubby nature of Florida’s political system.
How the Justice Department came to investigate Rep. Matt Gaetz|Matt Zapotosky, Michael Scherer|April 15, 2021|Washington Post
Fukuda said she was disturbed by the way the decision to replace Mori with Kawabuchi was apparently made behind closed doors, in the typically clubby way that excludes women.
Japan Olympics chief who said women talk too much will resign over remarks, reports say|Simon Denyer, Julia Mio Inuma|February 11, 2021|Washington Post

That creates its own clubby inefficiencies and unexamined corruption.
How the GameStop Trading Surge Will Transform Wall Street|Zachary Karabell|January 29, 2021|Time
GLOBAL FRATERNITY The Mostly Male Face of Davos The World Economic Forum is like a fraternity—loud, clubby, and male.
The Buzz of Davos|David Kirkpatrick|January 27, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But here we have the original home that used "Sandstorm" for clubby Christmas light display in 2006.
World's Most Outrageous Christmas-Light Displays|The Daily Beast Video|December 17, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Gavin previously asserted that Reliable Sources had a "clubby" atmosphere and repeatedly uses a select few Beltway guests.
July 4: 7 Best Moments From Sunday Talk|The Daily Beast Video|July 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST
They're the pleasantest people in Three Meadows and we're very clubby.
Jane Journeys On|Ruth Comfort Mitchell
The party addressed didn't look very clubby, but she was too polite to pull the cut direct.
Gullible's Travels, Etc.|Ring W. Lardner
We could of talked to plenty o' people here, all right; they were as clubby a gang as I ever seen.
Gullible's Travels, Etc.|Ring W. Lardner
It was only a pleasant clubby discussion of the problem of Jim's and Charity's innocence that delayed the jury's verdict.
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes
An' it's too broad an' clubby f'r a grizzly, an' the claws are too long f'r the length of the foot.
The Grizzly King|James Oliver Curwood

British Dictionary definitions for clubby

clubby

/ (ˈklʌbɪ) /

adjective -bier or -biest

sociable, esp effusively so

exclusive or cliquish

Derived forms of clubby

clubbily, adverb

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