cliquishly

1. 1.

   in a clannish manner

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

   Synonymsclannishly

Questions about cliquishly

What does cliquishly mean?

cliquishly means "in a clannish manner".

How many syllables are in cliquishly?

cliquishly has 3 syllables: cliq-uish-ly. The stress falls on "cliq".

What is another word for cliquishly?

Close synonyms include clannishly. 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 cliquishly a common word?

cliquishly 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.