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UK
/tʃˈʌmi/
]
[ US /ˈtʃəmi/ ]
[ US /ˈtʃəmi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals
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(used informally) associated on close terms
a close friend
the two were thick as thieves for months
the bartender was chummy with the regular customers
How To Use chummy In A Sentence
- Don't get too chummy with your flexible friend. Times, Sunday Times
- But behind the outwardly chummy relations between the two countries, it has been business as usual for Russian agents, who have continued to spy on their former Cold War foes.
- And didn't prevent Jacobson and Pinter from becoming chummy after Pinter declared armistice, regretting the "froideur" between them. Gripes of Wrath: James Wolcott
- We thought they became a bit too chummy. Times, Sunday Times
- He has, after all, always been a bit of an actor, with his chameleon persona and a voice that sometimes has a chummy, mockney tone.
- Check in with yours, get chummy with them and remind your loved ones to do the same. The Sun
- In the dressing room the previously chummy atmosphere had changed. Times, Sunday Times
- I have a hunch the “clique” comment about OD may be related to the podcast, sometimes it seems a little chummy and “in crowdy”, but in the context, it doesn’t bother me. Pathfinder Modern Pledge Drive Leaves Me Ambivalent « Geek Related
- Once we get chummy and familiar, we sometimes cease to ask the right questions that would identify new concerns, new objectives, new opportunities.
- Al-Arabiya TV and even Al-Jazeera folks have become so chummy this is the second time I use the word chummy in a month--and I never used it before, so please take note with Israeli guests that I expect Al-Arabiya anchorpersons to start asking their Israeli guests to sit on their laps. Monday, June 30, 2008
