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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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 13 May 2026
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With that chummy dynamic established, the latest episode makes room for romance — or at least the illusion of it.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Pratt was in fact kinda chummy with Bass He calls Bass trash on social media — at least in Spanish.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
With that chummy dynamic established, the latest episode makes room for romance — or at least the illusion of it.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
The Sheep Detectives costars Nicholas Braun and Hugh Jackman are chummy at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on April 15.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
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 17 May. 2026.
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