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Recent Examples of clubby Boyega also debuted a clubbier Versace look in a black-and-yellow button-down shirt and black pants. Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023 With two movie studios nearby, the dark, clubby haunt was a fixture for celebrities and other entertainment-industry types through the 1970s. Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023 But this doesn’t always lead to deeper engagement with the work, and the velocity of snappy, viral tweets only deepens the notoriously clubby drama of each profession. WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022 Sky Suites’ 420 accommodations have shed dark, clubby interiors for a look inspired by the views from their floor-to-ceiling windows. Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022 See All Example Sentences for clubby
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clubby
Adjective
  • Allie Coates, now 25 and a social media manager in Los Angeles, still has a silver bracelet filled with charms from her time at camp, including an M for the most improved at canoeing.
    John Bacon, USA Today, 14 July 2025
  • Progressivist reform movements focused in two directions: regulating business and commerce, on the one hand, and enacting a program of humanitarian social reforms, on the other.
    Deborah Williams July 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • Joining in the festivities is outgoing French student Chloé (Cécile Matignon, hugely appealing), ostensibly in a relationship but flirting brazenly with Nicolau, who even after a few beers is too mournful to pick up the signals.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 July 2025
  • All three candidates launched campaigns in April to fill the vacancy of outgoing Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI).
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • Warm and deeply hospitable, with some of the best food in the world and a flourishing art and design scene, the country's capital is a great place to visit any time.
    Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 13 July 2025
  • Most people think of Madison as the Wisconsin city most hospitable to cyclists but the state’s largest city is making strides.
    Jessica Van Egeren, jsonline.com, 7 July 2025
Adjective
  • Indoor concerts during daylight hours can feel uncanny, maybe more so on a holy day—the doors opened at 2 P.M., and someone, possibly Callahan, had nestled colored plastic eggs amid the rows of folding chairs—but the vibe in the room was convivial, loose.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • In person, Stiller is convivial, engaged, easy-going.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 8 July 2025

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“Clubby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clubby. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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