clanny

English

Etymology

clan +‎ -y

Adjective

clanny (comparative more clanny, superlative most clanny)

1. clannish; socially exclusive
   • 1991, Gerald Lynch, Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers, page 35:

     They were a clanny bunch who favored each other for jobs […]

   • 2004, Karin M. Ekström, Helene Brembeck, Elusive Consumption (page 63)

     Each time I use a personal pronoun, I hear a mafioso echo, a clanny, insular, hegemonic reverberation […]