iffy
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8.1
- adjective
- /ˈɪfi/
- Informal
:
incierto
- The delivery time is still iffy, so we can't promise it will arrive by Friday.
You can have both, which I am iffy about.
- You can have both, which I am iffy about.
- I don't know why she's iffy with certain men, honestly, most men, unless she can tell that I like the guy.
- So maybe a good, maybe a good six months where you were kind of like iffy and then six months later.
Examples
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But I knew it would be an iffy matter, blowing air into lungs already rendered half-inoperative by emphysema.
Fiction book (1991) -
Long story short, I'm kind of iffy about sponsorships.
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And I know this is going to sound iffy, but teach them right?
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So maybe a good, maybe a good six months where you were kind of like iffy and then six months later.
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But the outcomes were iffy at best.
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This is all pretty iffy.
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Fair warning: the electricity is a bit... iffy.
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The entire plan was iffy, but Schmidt's part, the part on the ground, was the worst of all.
Fiction book (1991) -
Despite an iffy start, my month-long visit to Lancaster County got extended to three months, then to six.
Fiction book (2002) -
Since your landlord and the PCO sound a bit iffy in this regard, I'd talk to the neighbors myself.
Blog text (3)
Synonyms
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3.9
Probably not true or trustworthy
163
4.4
Likely to change suddenly and hard to know in advance
149
2.8
Not known for sure and likely to change
71
4.1
Not able to be trusted to work or be right
13
8.2
Likely to be unsafe or untrustworthy
11
7.0
Not clearly known or decided
3
6.9
Not certain and likely to be risky
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Iffy comes from the small word if plus the ending -y, so it literally means 'full of ifs' or 'maybe'. That's why something iffy is uncertain or not fully reliable.