chummy
adjective
friendly; intimate; sociable.
chummily
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a word derived from
chummy.
Example Sentences
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Mescal’s Stanley is incontestably the leader of his pack, but he’s content to fade chummily into the background — a baseball star who’s happiest when surrounded by his team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
But not everything is so chummily close to home.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2017
One of the first things she says to me, chummily, is “I understand you’ve seen ‘Buyer & Cellar’; well, now you can see the real thing.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2016
He hadn’t signalled any doubts, and indeed he had accompanied Obama to the Cuba-U.S. baseball game afterward; we had all seen the two of them chummily seated together, talking animatedly.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 1, 2016
“So you were at Renfrew,” he said chummily, turning to me and popping a handful of pistachios in his mouth.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
