dressed spiffily
- idiom
- Informal
:
bien vestido
- 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
127
2.4
Looks neat, clean, and fashionable
85
2.0
Clothes or rooms that look fashionable and attractive
82
2.7
Wearing special formal clothes for a party or event
57
3.5
Elegant and fashionable in a simple, modern way
29
2.4
Wearing neat, clean clothes that look smart, like a suit or nice shirt
22
4.1
Dressed neatly and looking smart for a special event
16
7.8
Neat and stylish in appearance
12
3.6
Suitable for formal events like a wedding or party
3
4.6
Neat and attractive, often dressed or decorated for a special occasion
1
5.6
Wearing smart, attractive clothes so other people notice you
1
6.8
Wearing very attractive, stylish clothes to get people's attention
1
7.4
Dressed in nice clothes or made to look neat and attractive
1
6.3
Dressed in smart, formal clothes for a special event
Wearing very stylish formal clothes for an important event
Wearing smart clothes for a special event
Dressed or acting in a showy, very fashionable way
A person who wears smart, fashionable clothes like a stylish city person
Looking fashionable and attractive in a way people admire
Antonyms
How Stylish
- Informal
- Informal
29
2.4
127
2.4
81
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'.