chummier; chummiest
: quite friendly
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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Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
Britain’s prime minister has spent months carefully crafting a chummy relationship with Donald Trump.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
The story takes us to a dusty highway somewhere inland from Los Angeles, where Mike (Tom Stern) returns from Vietnam to find that his old gang has been taken over by a bootlicker who is chummy with local law enforcement.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 21 June 2024
According to fast-talking Harry, no—but that doesn’t stop him from getting chummy with the lovably neurotic Sally.
—Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
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Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
Britain’s prime minister has spent months carefully crafting a chummy relationship with Donald Trump.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
The story takes us to a dusty highway somewhere inland from Los Angeles, where Mike (Tom Stern) returns from Vietnam to find that his old gang has been taken over by a bootlicker who is chummy with local law enforcement.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 21 June 2024
According to fast-talking Harry, no—but that doesn’t stop him from getting chummy with the lovably neurotic Sally.
—Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chummy
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“Chummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chummy. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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