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Definition of Chummy

1. Adjective. (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals.

2. Adjective. (used informally) associated on close terms. "The two were thick as thieves for months"

Definition of Chummy

1. Adjective. friendly; on, or trying to be on, intimate terms ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chummy

1. friendly [adj -MIER, -MIEST] : CHUMMILY [adv] - See also: friendly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chummy

chumbuckets chumley chumleys chummage chummages chummed chummeries chummery chummier chummies

chummiest chummily chumminess chumminesses chumming chummy (current term) chump chump-change chump change chump chop

chump chops chumped chumpier chumpiest chumping chumps chumpy chums chumship chumships

Literary usage of Chummy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Textbook of Applied Aeronautic Engineering by Henry Woodhouse (1920)
"It is powered with two motorcycle engines. Its size can be estimated by comparison with the seaplane above it. The Gallaudet EL 2 " chummy ..."

2. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"Chimney was constantly pronounced chummy, as is shown both in the NED aud the EDD, sv chummy ... The NED explains this chummy as being formed from chum, ..."

3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"When I was at Pentonville, a man in the >ame ward, who had got rather chummy with hi s warder! asked him to post a letter to his friends m Manchester. ..."

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