cliquey
/ˈkliːki
/adjective (cliquier, cliquiest)
(Of a group or place) tending to form or hold exclusive groups and so not welcoming to outsiders: a cliquey school...
- They are insular, cliquey and clannish, yet they worm their way into the highest positions of power in their adopted countries.
- I don't mean this in an elitist or cliquey way, for there can surely be no elite or clique in Manchester.
- Amy, 12, fell victim to her cliquey friends and admits in total embarrassment, ‘I joined in on it.’
Rhymes
- in the same (or next) breath
- in the second place
- in the sequel
- in the shape of
- in the shit
- in the short run (or term)
- in the soup
- in the swim
- in the teeth of
- in the throes of
- in the train of
- in the wake of
- in the wash
- in the way of
- in the whole (wide) world
- in the wings
- in the wink of an eye (or in a wink)
- in the works
- in the world
- in the wrong
- in the year of grace (or Our Lord) ——
- in this day and age
- in this (or that) connection
- in this (or that) regard
- inthrall