chummily
- a word derived from chummy.
Example Sentences
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A while back, a discerning city-dweller saw an SUV on the Los Angeles streets — the Range Rover of “Carpool Karaoke” fame, with host and guest sitting chummily up front.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022
Characters and plot points have equivalents in the play, but he has stretched into new themes in a wholly different milieu: a circle of glitteringly witty, chummily affectionate, gay New Yorkers.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2019
There are photos of them posing chummily together, grinning.
From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 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
“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
