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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Photos taken inside the party also show the two being chummy.
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Adam B. Vary, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
Over time, the email conversation had become familiar, even chummy.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Not that station relations have always been entirely chummy; sometimes the cosmic carrot can turn into a stick.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
In fact, throughout the entirety of the interview, Stewart and Mamdani were chummy pals.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2025
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Adam B. Vary, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
Over time, the email conversation had become familiar, even chummy.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Not that station relations have always been entirely chummy; sometimes the cosmic carrot can turn into a stick.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
In fact, throughout the entirety of the interview, Stewart and Mamdani were chummy pals.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Oct. 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 15 Nov. 2025.
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