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/ˈspɪfi/ · adjective
(informal) Dapper; fine or neat, especially in style of clothing or other appearance..
He was “great” (as he expressed it) with the Bloomer who kept the bar where their club was held, and whom he styled “a spiffy girl,” and who had been graciously pleased to accept of a pair of very Brummagem-looking earrings, set with paste diamonds, with which he had presented her.
The charming twins came last week, and you should see their clothes. ‘Spiffy’ is the word.
Plead the fifth, sip wine stiffly / Patiently come up and be spiffy in a jiffy
Use spiffy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Spiffy means (informal) Dapper; fine or neat, especially in style of clothing or other appearance..
Common synonyms include snazzy, spiffing, spivvy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He was “great” (as he expressed it) with the Bloomer who kept the bar where their club was held, and whom he styled “a spiffy girl,” and who had been graciously pleased to accept of a pair of very Brummagem-looking earrings, set with paste diamonds, with which he had presented her.
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