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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : klan-ish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈklæn ɪʃ |
Definition of clannish
Origin :- "disposed to adhere closely to one another," 1747, from clan + -ish. Related: Clannishly; clannishness.
- adj exclusive, select
- In the first place this interesting bird is a clannish fellow.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
- Norfolk men are clannish, and Horbury's evidence carried weight.
- Extract from : « The Shrieking Pit » by Arthur J. Rees
- "Then the Highlanders are as clannish as ever," cried the General.
- Extract from : « Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers » by Ian Maclaren
- But she was a clannish creature, and rushed at once to the defence of her brother.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Wild » by Jack London
- They are national in form and colour, but clannish in opinion.
- Extract from : « Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry » by Thomas Davis
- The contracting of a marriage is not so much an individual as it is a clannish affair.
- Extract from : « The Syrian Christ » by Abraham Mitrie Rihbany
- The burying-places in the East are clannish or church possessions.
- Extract from : « The Syrian Christ » by Abraham Mitrie Rihbany
- You haven't been up to your usual form of futile and clannish conversation.
- Extract from : « Dodo's Daughter » by E. F. Benson
- The one were as turbulent, clannish, fierce, and barbarous as the other.
- Extract from : « A History of England » by Charles Oman
- The higher type of man is firm but not quarrelsome; sociable, but not clannish.
- Extract from : « The Sayings of Confucius » by Confucius
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