adjective
- tending to form or belong to an exclusive group that excludes others
Usage: informal
Examples
- The popular kids at school were very cliquey and didn’t talk to anyone else.
- She found the office environment too cliquey for her liking.
- The neighborhood book club became cliquey over time.
- He avoided cliquey social groups in college.
- The team’s cliquey behavior made new members feel unwelcome.
- Despite being friendly individually, they were cliquey as a group.