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View synonyms for spiffy

spiffy

[ spif-ee ]

adjective

, Informal.
, spiff·i·er, spiff·i·est.
  1. spruce; smart; fine.


spiffy

/ ˈspɪfɪ /

adjective

  1. slang.
    smart; stylish
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈspiffily, adverb
  • ˈspiffiness, noun
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Other Words From

  • spiffi·ly adverb
  • spiffi·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spiffy1

1855–60; dial. spiff well-dressed (origin uncertain) + -y 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spiffy1

C19: from dialect spiff
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Example Sentences

He bought a condo in a spiffy new gated complex on the southern side of Kyiv and they moved in right in time for a baby girl to be born in October.

From Time

In the early ’90s, they were brick-sized gadgets with spiffy antennae—now they fit in our hands and can recognize our faces.

You want to make sure that your spiffy new router can actually achieve that top speed you’ve been hoping to achieve.

Assembly is required, but when you’re done, you’ve got a spiffy piece of furniture that no one will know houses your stinky shoes.

While slightly spiffier, the advertising angle doesn’t seem to have changed much either.

From Eater

In a spiffy gray suit, POTUS pedals like a champion—all for the sake of science.

Spiffy says they will both fail, because Staggerton has not the means of having them properly brought out.

I shall not enter into the particulars of what passed between Spiffy and myself on this occasion.

To describe all Spiffy's exertions in the Bodwinkle cause for some days prior to the ball would be impossible.

Spiffy gave me some curious statistics about invitations and the means employed to obtain them.

Bodwinkle shook his head sulkily, and Spiffy, seeing me, adroitly turned the conversation.

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