as in cliquish
bound together by feelings of very close association
found the people at the brokerage house to be just as cliquey as a gaggle of high school cheerleaders
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Recent Examples of cliquey
The Friends set was notorious for being cliquey and insular.
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Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
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The free, family-friendly event includes a chance to meet local firefighters, watch live demonstrations, tour the station and get fire safety tips.—
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And Benjamin heads to a friendly pub to get drunk.—
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Jews, because human beings are and always will be clannish.—
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This sort of soft, clannish corruption is not a coat of paint that can be stripped from the protectionist architecture; the dysfunction infests the very foundations of it.—
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The America, once a familiar sight in San Diego, will soon undergo $200 million in maintenance and upgrades at General Dynamics-NASSCO in Barrio Logan.—
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Kimmel then built toward a familiar pop culture comparison.—
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Their neighborhood and school make up a small and close-knit community where people know each other.—
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His response was an indication that Mahomes and Jones are close-knit.—
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“Cliquey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliquey. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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