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Definition of Cliquey
1. inclined to form cliques [adj CLIQUIER, CLIQUIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cliquey
Literary usage of Cliquey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1899)
"... and it would be better for him not to be too much identified with a certain
set It would furthermore tend to make die ship's company itself cliquey, ..."
2. Talks in a library with Laurence Hutton: recorded by Isabel Moore by Laurence Hutton, Isabel Moore (1909)
"We ought to do something very good, and not in the least bit cliquey, for him.
To do that, I will work all you please, and will, if necessary, ..."
3. The Woman who Waits by Frances R. Donovan (1920)
""The girls are too cliquey. I'ma new member and they don't notice me half the time.
Decoration Day I worked out here with a lot of them and it was raining ..."
4. Young Working Girls: A Summary of Evidence from Two Thousand Social Workers by Robert Archey Woods, Albert Joseph Kennedy (1913)
"A practically overwhelming consciousness of sex, combined with a growing desire
for companionship, leads the girl into short-lived and cliquey alliances ..."
5. My First Book: The Experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark by Jerome Klapka Jerome (1894)
"... (despite Press ' drubbings' and the amusing total ignoring of my very existence
by certain cliquey literary magazines) take up my courage in both hands, ..."
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