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Definition of Clubby
1. Adjective. Effusively sociable. "We got rather clubby"
2. Adjective. Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior.
Similar to: Private
Derivative terms: Clannishness, Cliquishness, Club, Snobbishness, Snob
Definition of Clubby
1. Adjective. Resembling or suggestive of a social club or clubhouse: congenial and exclusive. ¹
2. Adjective. (informal) Who enjoys frequenting nightclubs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clubby
1. characteristic of a club [adj -BIER, -BIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clubby
Literary usage of Clubby
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Oliver Heslop (1892)
"clubby-SHAW, a youthful game played by two parties with a globular piece of ...
The famous feats done in their youth, At bowling, ball, and clubby-shaw. ..."
2. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of (1883)
"clubby=thick-set, sturdy. ... but that seems a clubby sort of horse.' JFC" This
word is very common in West Somerset. The "Jack" of Clubs is generally ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"... clubby oneof its members (Smythe of Methuen), who betrays slight knowledge of
either the language or the book, or ability to judge of ..."
4. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1899)
"Kem always was a rather clubby chap about the 'Stute, but that he has used his
qualifications to attain prominence exceeds our fondest expectations. ..."
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