spiffy
adjective
\ ˈspi-fē
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spiffier;
spiffiest
Definition of spiffy
: fine looking : smart
a spiffy sports jacket
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Other Words from spiffy
spiffily
\ ˈspi-fə-lē
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adverb
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adverb
spiffiness
\ ˈspi-fē-nəs
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noun
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noun
Examples of spiffy in a Sentence
She looked very spiffy in her new dress.
Recent Examples on the Web
But unlike space shuttle crews of the past, the newest astronauts won’t be wearing those spiffy orange flight suits. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Astronauts Test Out Their Sleek New SpaceX Flight Suits," 12 Aug. 2019 Thus, the Pacific Sock Exchange poster, which shows Clark and Mitchell in spiffy suits and eye black, wearing batting gloves and holding bats on the actual Pacific Stock Exchange floor shortly after the markets closed. — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, "Giants’ 1989 flashback: Will Clark, Kevin Mitchell a dynamic 1-2 punch," 9 Aug. 2019 There is not much to identify this as the East Cut, except a sign here and there and East Cut Ambassadors, who wear spiffy vests and tidy the street. — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, "Hey old San Francisco, meet new San Francisco: the East Cut and Thrive City," 13 July 2019 Meanwhile, a black fanny pack and tortoise-print sunglasses, were spiffy final touches. — Vogue, "This Is How Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas Do Vacation Style," 25 Mar. 2019 Here are the top 10 to-dos all season to keep the landscape spiffy: 1. — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, "Ten tips to ensure a healthy lawn during a Colorado summer," 27 June 2019 The driver of my spiffy yellow checkered taxi blasts on the air conditioner and lowers the window to shout the week’s hit song into the tropical air. — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New York Review of Books, "Cuba: The Big Change," 12 May 2016 Costs per square foot are slated to rise from $21 at temporary quarters this year to $43, much of that at the spiffy renovated digs, in 2021, for example. — oregonlive.com, "Portland Building renovation costs obscured by creative accounting, auditors say," 12 June 2019 There’s a Hollow Knight sequel in the works, EA’s got Neill Blomkamp to make a spiffy live-action Anthem trailer, and Harmonix has a new VR game, plus some brief notes about this week’s ugly Activision layoffs to wrap it up. — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, "This week in games: Hollow Knight gets a sequel, Neill Blomkamp makes a live-action Anthem trailer," 15 Feb. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'spiffy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for spiffy
spiffy
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of spiffy
chiefly US, informal
: neat, stylish, and attractive
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