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
-ier or -iest
- : exclusive, confined to a small group; forming cliques
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inoligarchic
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.
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