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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The trainer and patient share a chummy rapport.
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Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Mamdani’s remarkable, chummy relationship with the president despite their operating at different ends of the political spectrum has raised some eyebrows.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026
Next, law enforcement must rigorously interrogate the men and women who exchanged chummy emails with Epstein and played in his hideous sandbox.
—Amy Wallace, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
Elon Musk had chummy correspondence with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, according to the latest investigative documents released by the Justice Department.
—Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
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Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Mamdani’s remarkable, chummy relationship with the president despite their operating at different ends of the political spectrum has raised some eyebrows.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026
Next, law enforcement must rigorously interrogate the men and women who exchanged chummy emails with Epstein and played in his hideous sandbox.
—Amy Wallace, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
Elon Musk had chummy correspondence with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, according to the latest investigative documents released by the Justice Department.
—Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 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 9 Mar. 2026.
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