dressed spiffily
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7.8
- idiom
- Informal
- She felt confident when she was dressed spiffily for her job interview.
Examples
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He always made sure he was dressed spiffily for important meetings.
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He was dressed spiffily for the gala.
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At the wedding, every guest was dressed spiffily in their finest attire.
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Why are you dressed spiffily today?
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At the wedding, every guest was dressed spiffily in their finest attire.
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She felt confident when she was dressed spiffily for her job interview.
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He always made sure he was dressed spiffily for important meetings.
Synonyms
78
2.0
Clothes or rooms that look fashionable and attractive
77
3.5
Elegant and fashionable in a simple, modern way
50
2.4
Wearing neat, clean clothes that look smart, like a suit or nice shirt
46
2.7
Wearing special formal clothes for a party or event
18
2.4
Looks neat, clean, and fashionable
17
7.8
Neat and stylish in appearance
13
3.6
Suitable for formal events like a wedding or party
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4.1
Dressed neatly and looking smart for a special event
4
5.6
Wearing smart, attractive clothes so other people notice you
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4.6
Neat and attractive, often dressed or decorated for a special occasion
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7.4
Dressed in nice clothes or made to look neat and attractive
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6.3
Dressed in smart, formal clothes for a special event
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9.1
Dressed or acting in a showy, very fashionable way
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6.8
Wearing very attractive, stylish clothes to get people's attention
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3.4
Looking fashionable and attractive in a way people admire
1
9.1
Wearing smart clothes for a special event
Wearing very stylish formal clothes for an important event
A person who wears smart, fashionable clothes like a stylish city person
Antonyms
How Stylish
- Informal
- Informal
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7.8
50
2.4
18
2.4
63
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'wearing clothing that is stylish and elegant' is directly and transparently derived from 'dressed' (wearing clothes) modified by 'spiffily' (in a stylish manner). This simple compositional pattern (verb/adjective + adverb) follows normal English morphology and is cross-linguistically plausible, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Dressed spiffily mixes dressed (wearing clothes) and spiffily from spiffy, a word for looking very smart and neat. Picture someone with shiny shoes and a tidy suit, so dressed spiffily means 'wearing clothing that is stylish and elegant'.