spiffy
/ˈspɪfi
/adjective (spiffier, spiffiest) North American informal
Smart in appearance: a spiffy new outfit...
- They also raved about the spiffy appearance and the virtually indestructible treads.
- Today my outfit was pretty spiffy if I do say so myself.
- Billy was a junior Ranger, dressed in the dark, blue, gold-stripped spiffy uniform of his outfit.
Derivatives
spiffily
- 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.
- And so did his son Jameer Jr., who was dressed as spiffily as his pop.
Origin
Mid 19th century: of unknown origin.
Rhymes
- chemical element
- chemical engineer
- chemical engineering
- chemical extinguisher
- chemical fertilizer
- chemical focus
- chemical fog
- chemical formula
- chemical fossil
- chemical-free
- chemical gradient
- chemicalisation
- chemicalise
- chemicalised
- chemicalization
- chemicalize
- chemicalized
- chemical lead
- chemically
- chemically dependent
- chemical marker
- chemical mixture
- chemical oxygen demand
- chemical physics
- chemical potential