chummy
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of chummy
Example Sentences
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I care less that OpenAI bought up a chummy podcast than about the validating effect of that podcast’s success on other aspirants in tech media.
From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026
His opponents accused him of being too chummy with developers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
A former economics professor, Jospin cast himself as a clean pair of hands compared to his conservative rival, the corruption-tainted but chummy and charismatic Jacques Chirac.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
Variety shared its account of Brown and Harbour gamely presenting a chummy front in a recent red carpet appearance.
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2025
Coin and Gale are in the midst of some exchange that seems positively chummy.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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