chummy

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Rhymes with -ʌmɪ

From chum + -y.

informal Friendly Yeah, I was just being nice! I was being nice and chummy!
informal Naturally and genuinely easy to get along with.
informal Making a show of friendliness; attempting to be on intimate terms but insincerely or inappropriately; cozying up.
informal On intimate terms Lachey and Olson have become rather chummy the last couple of years—they slide each other free tickets, they visit each other at practice sessions and games, their wives hang out—and, well, Olson has been filling Lachey’s head with a lot of baseball talk.
informal In a close friendship or relationship.
informal On intimate terms but in an inappropriate way, for dishonest or selfish motives, etc.

Synonym of chum (“friend, pal”). Meanwhile the Tommies had discovered several large tins of ham in the captured lorry. 'That,' said the big Nazi, 'is for our tea.' 'No,' said a Tommy sergeant-major. 'That's for our tea. For you, chummy, we've kept a nice bit of bull.'
obsolete A chimney sweep; or a sweep's assistant, especially a young boy. Up in the Coombe with chummies and streetwalkers and then the rest of the year as sober as a judge.
slang Nickname for a person, especially a suspect or criminal. What happens when the Old Bill turns up and want to look at 'chummies^([sic]) dental records, guv, 'cos 'e's bitten a bloke's ear off in the pub'?
dated A felt hat with a low crown. When Nipper was bowling he came in to the silliest of silly points, put his chummy hat well over his eyes, spat on his hands and generally annoyed the batsman so much that he lost his temper, […]
English, Newfoundland A person or thing with a name that one cannot immediately recall.