Adjective: clubby (clubbier,clubbiest) klú-bee
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
"The group did not consider themselves to be clubby or unfriendly";
- clannish, cliquish, snobbish, snobby [informal]
- Characteristic of or behaving like an exclusive social club; tending to form cliques
"we got rather clubby";
- clubbish [informal]
Derived forms: clubbier, clubbiest
Encyclopedia: Clubby