chummier; chummiest
: quite friendly
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Examples of chummy in a Sentence
She was getting chummy with the reporters.
the neighboring families know each other but are hardly chummy
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Her ordering of 500 officers to be transferred back to their permanent assignments as opposed to meandering off to unofficial reassignments is also a signal that any chummy informality is out the window.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
Driving the news: The pair, who have long played up their partnership and chummy rapport, have yet to appear together publicly after Election Day.
—Torey Van Oot, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
The second act of the musical gets much darker than the chummy school days of act one.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Tesla’s record close earlier this week was the first in more than three years, as the stock continues to gain amid chief executive Elon Musk’s chummy relationship with President-elect Donald Trump.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
Driving the news: The pair, who have long played up their partnership and chummy rapport, have yet to appear together publicly after Election Day.
—Torey Van Oot, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
The second act of the musical gets much darker than the chummy school days of act one.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Tesla’s record close earlier this week was the first in more than three years, as the stock continues to gain amid chief executive Elon Musk’s chummy relationship with President-elect Donald Trump.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Chummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chummy. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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