clannishly

1. 1.

   in a clannish manner

   “these four friends always act clannishly, and don't let us participate in their activities”

   Synonymscliquishly

Questions about clannishly

What does clannishly mean?

clannishly means "in a clannish manner".

How many syllables are in clannishly?

clannishly has 3 syllables: clan-nish-ly. The stress falls on "clan".

What is another word for clannishly?

Close synonyms include cliquishly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clannishly a common word?

clannishly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.