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
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Marc by Sofia can seem a bit clubby at times, a touch too cool for school. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025 Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Grill, with decades of Bel-Air regulars, is a true supper club, which translates as clubby and exclusive and skewing older. David Hochman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 That has changed, though things can still be pretty clubby. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2025 The unnamed song Parker played at Nitsa was far clubbier and more beat-heavy. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for clubby

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 11 Sep. 2025.

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