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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Ana thought the two teams were chummy, sharing information and helping each other along the way.
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Nick Caruso, TVLine, 9 Apr. 2025
Bo Nix, Stidham and Wilson were a chummy group in 2024, and Wilson offers a high-upside option as a young backup.
—Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
My in-laws were chummy with the owner, George.
—Contributing Writer, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2025
There were the usual chummy showbiz cracks, including a callback to Nikki Glaser’s Golden Globes bit about how Adam Sandler says Timothée Chalamet’s name, as though awards season really were just one continuous show.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
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Nick Caruso, TVLine, 9 Apr. 2025
Bo Nix, Stidham and Wilson were a chummy group in 2024, and Wilson offers a high-upside option as a young backup.
—Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
My in-laws were chummy with the owner, George.
—Contributing Writer, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2025
There were the usual chummy showbiz cracks, including a callback to Nikki Glaser’s Golden Globes bit about how Adam Sandler says Timothée Chalamet’s name, as though awards season really were just one continuous show.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 3 Mar. 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 19 Apr. 2025.
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