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cliquy, -ey, a.|ˈkliːkɪ|
[f. clique n. + -y1.]
Of the nature of, or characterized by cliques.
1863‘G. Hamilton’ Gala-Days 115 The priests are..clique-y. 1871F. Gale Echoes Cricket Fields vii. 39 Perhaps the perpetuity of these matches made the University Elevens rather cliquy. 1876World V. No. 110. 20 That Cowes is not what it used to be; that it is becoming so ‘cliquey’. 1881E. Coxon Basil P. I. 199 Artistic and literary society of the more ‘cliquey’ nature. 1887Pall Mall G. 16 June 1/1 Club committees, which are usually the cliquiest of cliques.
Hence cliquiness |ˈkliːkɪnɪs|, cliquy character.
1927Belloc Hist. Eng. II. 282 The capriciousness with which the thing was done, and the cliquiness of it. |