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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More than 22 years after starring together in About a Boy, Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult are still very chummy.
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John Russell, People.com, 18 Nov. 2024
Throughout the panel, the co-hosts were chummy and repeatedly stated their respect for and friendship with each other.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The swift rebuke was a departure from Sheinbaum's mentor, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who had a chummy relationship with Trump during his first term.
—Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
Sure, the president and the governor are chummy (the mayor maybe not so much), and the Senate is run by a guy from Park Slope who loves big transit projects himself.
—John Surico, Curbed, 26 Nov. 2024
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John Russell, People.com, 18 Nov. 2024
Throughout the panel, the co-hosts were chummy and repeatedly stated their respect for and friendship with each other.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The swift rebuke was a departure from Sheinbaum's mentor, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who had a chummy relationship with Trump during his first term.
—Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
Sure, the president and the governor are chummy (the mayor maybe not so much), and the Senate is run by a guy from Park Slope who loves big transit projects himself.
—John Surico, Curbed, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Chummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chummy. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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