Chumminess Definition & Meaning

Examples of chummy in a Sentence

She was getting chummy with the reporters. the neighboring families know each other but are hardly chummy

Recent Examples on the Web Keep reading to relive all their biggest relationship milestones, from their chummy beginnings to their unified work as royals. — Nicole Briese, PEOPLE.com, 2 June 2022 And Romijn, who has her own chummy relationship with Pike, makes Number One feel like a person with more weight and canonical influence than the character was ever allowed to have. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022 For most of their chummy conversations, Tomlinson appeared polite, deferential, even in awe of her friend and mentor, a more seasoned stand-up, writer and television star. — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2022 Not the big moments — the corporate tax cut, the chummy meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, the insults to our NATO allies, the two impeachments, the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. — Damon Linker, The Week, 6 Apr. 2022 But for most of its history, the nation's highest court has looked like a chummy private men's club from a not-so-distant time. — Jessica Campisi And Brandon Griggs, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022 Longtime antagonists Heather Gay and Lisa Barlow are also very chummy. — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Jan. 2022 In the months since, Amazon’s relationship with the White House has been less than chummy. — Dana Mattioli, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022 For a comic her age, Tomlinson is remarkably nimble, able to pivot from light to dark, innocent to dirty, chummy to aggressive. — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2022 See More

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