What does spiffing mean?
Spiffing means (British, colloquial, dated) Very good, excellent..
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/ˈspɪfɪŋ/ · adjective
(British, colloquial, dated) Very good, excellent..
We're having a picnic at the races — how spiffing!
I say, that outfit is simply spiffing.
2007, "Spiffing new image", Times Online, London, 18 May (retrieved 14 June 2007), Spiffing new image: ITV is developing an updated version of Spitting Image, with CGI graphics.
I have a lovely pair with a hair strip, grey. You'll look spiffing in them.
Use spiffing when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Spiffing means (British, colloquial, dated) Very good, excellent..
Common synonyms include spiffy, spliffy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We're having a picnic at the races — how spiffing!
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