chummy

[ chuhm-ee ]

/ ˈtʃʌm i /

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adjective, chum·mi·er, chum·mi·est.Informal.

friendly; intimate; sociable.

OTHER WORDS FOR chummy

close, devoted, familiar, congenial.

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Origin of chummy

First recorded in 1825–35; chum¹ + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM chummy

chum·mi·ly, adverbchum·mi·ness, noun

Words nearby chummy

chulpa, Chulym, chum, chuman, Chumash, chummy, chump, chump change, chumping, chum salmon, Chunchon

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How to use chummy in a sentence

What is the great chronicler of the Shoah doing being chummy with a collaborator?
Confessions of a Death Camp Collaborator: Claude Lanzmann’s ‘The Last of the Unjust’|Jimmy So|February 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead, he was invited on to The Today Show and Meet the Press for chummy interviews.
The 1 Percent Army: Andrew Bacevich on How America Lost the Military|Phil Klay|September 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Not one of us; too chummy with the president during Hurricane Sandy and too squishy on gun control.
Heresy Hunters Rule CPAC, and GOProud, Chris Christie Need Not Apply|Michael Moynihan|March 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Worth, on whose memoirs the show is based, wanted Hart to play Chummy from the start, and even wrote to the comedian.
‘Call the Midwife’: Miranda Hart’s Chummy Browne Steals the Show|Jace Lacob|October 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Which makes the engaging and kindhearted Chummy all the more remarkable and original.
‘Call the Midwife’: Miranda Hart’s Chummy Browne Steals the Show|Jace Lacob|October 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It seemed that Mrs Everett depended on the woman for service, yet was chummy with her as with a companion.
In the Onyx Lobby|Carolyn Wells
The earnest, chummy attitude of the inquirer made Molly feel at ease, and also anxious to please.
In the Onyx Lobby|Carolyn Wells
Morris admitted it, but said he'd never been very chummy with the despatcher; that Durgin wasn't chummy with anybody.
The Wreckers|Francis Lynde
I see myself being very chummy with the editor of the English Gentleman.
Happy House|Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum Stolzenberg
Doc was getting a trifle too chummy to suit Trask, and he thought it high time to bring the discussion to a close.
Isle o' Dreams|Frederick F. Moore

British Dictionary definitions for chummy

chummy

/ (ˈtʃʌmɪ) /

adjective -mier or -miest

informal friendly

Derived forms of chummy

chummily, adverbchumminess, noun

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