chummier; chummiest
: quite friendly
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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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In the 1970s when Arthur Burns steered the Fed, he was known for his chummy relationship with then-President Richard Nixon.
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Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
City of Miami should be ‘embarrassed’ Cox brags about his chummy connections to the city’s building department and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
And when states have tried to pass reforms, they’ve been stymied by state legislators’ and regulators’ chummy relationships with the industry.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
Her ordering of 500 officers to be transferred back to their permanent assignments as opposed to meandering off to unofficial reassignments is also a signal that any chummy informality is out the window.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
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Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
City of Miami should be ‘embarrassed’ Cox brags about his chummy connections to the city’s building department and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
And when states have tried to pass reforms, they’ve been stymied by state legislators’ and regulators’ chummy relationships with the industry.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
Her ordering of 500 officers to be transferred back to their permanent assignments as opposed to meandering off to unofficial reassignments is also a signal that any chummy informality is out the window.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Chummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chummy. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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