spiffy
16
7.8
- adjective
- /ˈspɪfi/
- Informal
:
elegante
- Boy, do you look spiffy.
- look spiffy
- spiffy new
- spiffy blue shirt
Examples
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You look absolutely spiffy in that new suit.
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She'd lost weight and wore her hair cropped short and a tweed jacket over blue jeans, a "spiffy look" I told her.
Fiction book (2000) -
It's pretty spiffy, especially compared to the old ones.
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People always said it looked spiffy on me.
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You're looking nice and spiffy, dad.
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We're gonna look spiffy, Moose.
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She runs a spiffy house up there too.
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Rather a spiffy little bus, don't you think so?
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Bells are pealing all over the city, and Arthur's looking mighty spiffy in his new suit.
Blog text (18) -
Pete pulls up to the guard kiosk in his spiffy yellow convertible Plymouth.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
∞
2.2
Fashionable and attractive to many people
165
3.3
Having an attractive, stylish look that shows good taste
133
4.1
Being elegant and stylish and showing good taste
127
2.4
Looks neat, clean, and fashionable
85
2.6
Popular now because it follows the current style
85
2.0
Clothes or rooms that look fashionable and attractive
64
3.1
Very fashionable and popular now
60
8.8
Very stylish and liked by many people
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
20
3.7
Having a neat, stylish appearance from careful grooming
18
7.4
Very stylish and expensive-looking, like a fancy car or hotel
17
3.8
Stylish and neat in appearance, often because of clothes or hair
16
6.2
Neat and stylish in the way a man dresses
15
7.2
Bright and stylish in a way that draws attention
12
3.6
Suitable for formal events like a wedding or party
10
6.3
Lively and cheerful in a confident, stylish way
7
7.5
Expensive and fashionable, showing that someone has money
4
8.4
Having a smart, lively, and slightly bold look or manner
3
4.6
Neat and attractive, often dressed or decorated for a special occasion
2
8.1
Dressed in a neat and stylish way
1
4.3
Attractive and stylish in a confident, lively way
1
7.4
Dressed in nice clothes or made to look neat and attractive
1
8.9
Looks stylish and confident in a cool way
1
9.6
Looking stylish and attractive
Wearing stylish, elegant clothes
Very fashionable and neatly dressed
Looking neat and stylish
Attractive and stylish in a bold, showy way
Looking fashionable and attractive in a way people admire
Having a fashionable, attractive look, like new clothes or a neat room
Having bright, stylish clothes or decorations that look showy for parties
Looks very stylish and attractive
Antonyms
How Stylish
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spiffy probably comes from the old word spiff, which meant 'to make neat' and appears in the phrase spiff up, meaning to clean or smarten something. So, spiffy means neat and stylish because it describes something that has been 'spiffed up'.