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chummy

[chuhm-ee] / ˈtʃʌm i /


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Yet, the three — even Cavallari and Conrad, who were pitted against each other in the 2000s — were warm and chummy, cracking jokes and enthusiastically agreeing with one another.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 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

Even the stray shots at Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos in O’Brien’s monologue and short sketches about distracted viewers who don’t want to pay proper attention had the chummy air of being all in good fun.

From Salon Mar. 16, 2026

They by all accounts had a pretty chummy relationship.

From Slate Feb. 4, 2026

There was no way any future version of myself was chummy with Regan Fitz.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Holmes and Watson seem chummier than usual on a German-spy job for Queen Victoria.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 29, 2021

Doesn’t get much quieter – or chummier – than a cozy little lunch with Bob on the screen porch overlooking the garden of his Georgetown manse, does it?

From Salon Sep. 8, 2018

“You pull off a successful meeting, but at the same time, you’re not trying to pretend that you’re chummier than you really are.”

From Washington Times May 3, 2017

But their demeanor was more businesslike than the chummier encounters between Karzai and Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush.

From Reuters May 13, 2010

We shall be the chummier for Alden's absence.

From Ewing\'s Lady by Harry Leon Wilson

Sure, maybe some of them aren’t on the chummiest of terms, but that’s not what put the debate at risk.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 18, 2019

That led to a fairly uncomfortable set of episodes in which the competing interests of TV’s chummiest cohosts were revealed.

From Time Apr. 26, 2016

In this chummy phase of the presidential race, Graham, 59, is proving to be the chummiest of a large and expanding Republican field.

From Washington Post Jun. 13, 2015

Still, I think the chummiest bath-rooms are those with a bay-window; very reprehensible those which have no hooks on which to hang your pajamas and razor strop.

From Turns about Town by Robert Cortes Holliday

So we ain't the chummiest trio that could be got together.

From Torchy, Private Sec. by F. Foster Lincoln




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