"clubby" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: clubbier [comparative], clubbiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌbi Etymology: From club + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|club|y}} club + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} clubby (comparative clubbier, superlative clubbiest)
  1. Resembling or suggestive of a social club or clubhouse.
    Congenial; welcoming people as guests.
    Sense id: en-clubby-en-adj-fb3k~mWe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 28 28 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 26 26 26 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 26 30 19
  2. Resembling or suggestive of a social club or clubhouse.
    Exclusive and cliquey.
    Sense id: en-clubby-en-adj-p1rrVoym Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 28 28 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 26 26 26 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 26 30 19
  3. Resembling or suggestive of a social club or clubhouse.
    Resembling or characteristic of the dance music played at nightclubs.
    Sense id: en-clubby-en-adj-QnIxJ3mE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 28 28 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 26 26 26 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 26 30 19
  4. (informal) Fond of frequenting nightclubs. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-clubby-en-adj-cgsB9-fd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 28 28 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 26 26 26 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 26 30 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: clubbiness, unclubby Related terms: clubbie

Inflected forms

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