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cliquey

US // (ˈkliːkɪ, ˈklɪkɪ) //

小气,狡猾的,小气鬼,小气的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    -ier or -iest

    • : exclusive, confined to a small group; forming cliques

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Examples

  • Godalming folks will tell you that Guildford is “cliquey,” by which term I understand exclusiveness to be meant.

  • I enjoyed the same sort of cliquey reputation and public failure attending a certain novel entitled Marius the Epicurean.

  • People here are cliquey, and Carlotta and Peggy are the only girls in the crowd that I've ever known before.

  • Riper years do not always correct this fault, and he is considered—too often, rightly—cliquey and stuck-up.

  • On the other hand, what danger there is in an academy becoming cliquey, nay even corrupt.