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单词 spiffy
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Definition of spiffy in English:

spiffy

adjectivespiffier, spiffiest ˈspɪfiˈspifē
North American informal
  • Smart in appearance.

    a spiffy new outfit
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The moment they entered the restaurant in their spiffy new outfits, Evelyn regretted coming here.
    • He was dressed up and spiffy like he was on a date.
    • I even have on a spiffy suit thing to completely dress the part.
    • Being one of my company's IT representatives, it would have been my unsavory duty to tell Elizabeth that her spiffy new phone was not permitted on company premises.
    • I'm just reading between the lines, but he looked pretty sprightly and pretty spiffy there, you know, at 91.
    • Like five-pin bowling, lawn bowlers have to wear spiffy flat-soled shoes so they don't trample the one-eighth inch grass too badly.
    • They look spiffy and serve practical purposes.
    • ‘You look spiffy tonight, Matt,’ I teased him as he ignored Madison's request to wait and joined us in the bathroom.
    • They also raved about the spiffy appearance and the virtually indestructible treads.
    • Shawn sauntered into the kitchen from the front door, carrying his guitar case again and looking spiffy in dark blue jeans and a white button down shirt.
    • Ming has moved into a spiffy apartment with his fiancée who is a writer, working on a novel whose leading character suffers from multiple-personality disorder.
    • Nate was chosen to go because he had a spiffy new bike.
    • Billy was a junior Ranger, dressed in the dark, blue, gold-stripped spiffy uniform of his outfit.
    • Today my outfit was pretty spiffy if I do say so myself.
    • ‘So you look all spiffy today,’ she said noticing his black suit complimented with a burgundy shirt and matching tie.
    • He glanced down the hall and spotted Lena talking to Izzy, who was also adorned, in a spiffy outfit.
    • The original personnel manager is long gone, and it's now a rather spiffy young woman who congratulates him on becoming the treasurer and then later vice president.
    • The shop has the occasional spiffy tie, and a decent shirt from time to time.
    • He also wears this spiffy reddish business-guy suit.
    • The latter were suspicious at first, but eventually, the mentor positions (with spiffy shirts and caps) came to be seen as prestigious.
    Synonyms
    stylish, smart, elegant, chic, crisp, dapper, spruce, trim, debonair, well dressed, well groomed, well turned out, smartly dressed

Derivatives

  • spiffily

  • adverb
    North American informal
    • And so did his son Jameer Jr., who was dressed as spiffily as his pop.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As we approach downtown Chennai I watch in stunned silence from the bus as a spiffily clad office worker walks out of a shiny high tech office with an over-filled wastebasket in hand.

Origin

Mid 19th century: of unknown origin.

Rhymes

cliffy, iffy, jiffy, Liffey, niffy, sniffy, squiffy, whiffy
 
 

Definition of spiffy in US English:

spiffy

adjectiveˈspifē
North American informal
  • Smart in appearance.

    a spiffy new outfit
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘You look spiffy tonight, Matt,’ I teased him as he ignored Madison's request to wait and joined us in the bathroom.
    • ‘So you look all spiffy today,’ she said noticing his black suit complimented with a burgundy shirt and matching tie.
    • He was dressed up and spiffy like he was on a date.
    • The original personnel manager is long gone, and it's now a rather spiffy young woman who congratulates him on becoming the treasurer and then later vice president.
    • Today my outfit was pretty spiffy if I do say so myself.
    • He also wears this spiffy reddish business-guy suit.
    • He glanced down the hall and spotted Lena talking to Izzy, who was also adorned, in a spiffy outfit.
    • Ming has moved into a spiffy apartment with his fiancée who is a writer, working on a novel whose leading character suffers from multiple-personality disorder.
    • They look spiffy and serve practical purposes.
    • I'm just reading between the lines, but he looked pretty sprightly and pretty spiffy there, you know, at 91.
    • The moment they entered the restaurant in their spiffy new outfits, Evelyn regretted coming here.
    • Like five-pin bowling, lawn bowlers have to wear spiffy flat-soled shoes so they don't trample the one-eighth inch grass too badly.
    • The latter were suspicious at first, but eventually, the mentor positions (with spiffy shirts and caps) came to be seen as prestigious.
    • Billy was a junior Ranger, dressed in the dark, blue, gold-stripped spiffy uniform of his outfit.
    • I even have on a spiffy suit thing to completely dress the part.
    • Being one of my company's IT representatives, it would have been my unsavory duty to tell Elizabeth that her spiffy new phone was not permitted on company premises.
    • The shop has the occasional spiffy tie, and a decent shirt from time to time.
    • Shawn sauntered into the kitchen from the front door, carrying his guitar case again and looking spiffy in dark blue jeans and a white button down shirt.
    • They also raved about the spiffy appearance and the virtually indestructible treads.
    • Nate was chosen to go because he had a spiffy new bike.
    Synonyms
    stylish, smart, elegant, chic, crisp, dapper, spruce, trim, debonair, well dressed, well groomed, well turned out, smartly dressed

Origin

Mid 19th century: of unknown origin.

 
 
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