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clannishly

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clan·nish  (klnsh)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a clan.
2. Inclined to cling together as a group and exclude outsiders.
clannish·ly adv.
clannish·ness n.
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Adv.1.clannishly - in a clannish manner; "these four friends always act clannishly, and don't let us participate in their activities"
cliquishly


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Although she is an Irish Catholic, Delia has fallen in love with a Protestant, married him, and moved away from the ethnic enclave where the rest of her family clannishly resides.
Disease, deformity, and defiance: writing the language of immigration ... by Dwyer, June / MELUS
She has Americanized more than her three sisters, who clannishly reside in the same town, make practical, loveless marriages to Irish Catholic men, and spend a great deal of time together.
Unappealing ethnicity meets unwelcoming America: immigrant ... by Dwyer, June / MELUS
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