clubby

adjective

club·​by ˈklə-bē How to pronounce clubby (audio)
clubbier; clubbiest
: characteristic of a club or club members: such as
a
: displaying friendliness especially to other members of the same social group : sociable
b
: open only to qualified or approved persons : select, elite
clubbiness noun

Examples of clubby in a Sentence

the clubby world of New York's social elite new in town, she was hoping some of her clubbier coworkers might show her the city's hot spots
Recent Examples on the Web The move from billion-user platforms back to balkanized networks on clubbier apps such as Discord could allow savvy individuals to step in and bridge distinct worlds. W. David Marx, The Atlantic, 1 May 2024 Boyega also debuted a clubbier Versace look in a black-and-yellow button-down shirt and black pants. Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023 With two movie studios nearby, the dark, clubby haunt was a fixture for celebrities and other entertainment-industry types through the 1970s. Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023 But this doesn’t always lead to deeper engagement with the work, and the velocity of snappy, viral tweets only deepens the notoriously clubby drama of each profession. WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022 See all Example Sentences for clubby 

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Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of clubby was in 1859

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“Clubby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clubby. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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