[
UK
/klˈʌbi/
]
[ US /ˈkɫəbi/ ]
[ US /ˈkɫəbi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
-
effusively sociable
a clubbish set
we got rather clubby
How To Use clubby In A Sentence
- A place to enjoy big steaks and seafood in a clubby atmosphere; more delicate eaters can order the chunky lobster bisque and plenty of veggies à la carte.
- Here the publishing industry is insular and clubby, everyone either knows everyone else or went to school with everyone else; it's difficult for a rank outsider to break in, but not impossible yet.
- He has infused raw excitement and energy into golf, and elevated it from the clubby, elite preserve of conservative, white males to global popularity.
- In other words, many of the snobby, clubby vibes that tend to waft around conventional classical music are absent.
- This deal will confirm the perception that Senators are clubby, timid, and self-congratulatory.
- Against this background, the clubby French military elite hunted for a traitor.
- I know that it's too much to ask that this clubby little world be exposed, but we have to try.
- Politics is clubby, careerist, and cynical.
- It was cool under the porch, and the dirt smelled comfortable, the candles smelled clubby and familiar.
- Yale may have traded its clubby atmosphere for a more liberal multiculti image.