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    CLUBBY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: clubbier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, clubbiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: clubbier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: clubbiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferiorplay

    Synonyms:

    clannish; cliquish; clubby; snobbish; snobby

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    private (confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy)

    Derivation:

    club (a formal association of people with similar interests)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Effusively sociableplay

    Example:

    we got rather clubby

    Synonyms:

    clubbish; clubby

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    sociable (inclined to or conducive to companionship with others)

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