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Dictionary: spiff·y   (spĭf'ē) pronunciation Informal.
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
Smart in appearance or dress; stylish.

tr.v., -ied, -y·ing, -ies.
To make attractive, stylish, or up-to-date: spiffying up my wardrobe.

[Possibly from dialectal spiff, dandified.]

spiffily spiff'i·ly adv.
spiffiness spiff'i·ness n.

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Hacker Slang: spiffy
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1. Said of programs having a pretty, clever, or exceptionally well-designed interface. “Have you seen the spiffy X version of empire yet?

2. Said sarcastically of a program that is perceived to have little more than a flashy interface going for it. Which meaning should be drawn depends delicately on tone of voice and context. This word was common mainstream slang during the 1940s, in a sense close to 1.


WordNet: spiffy
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: marked by smartness in dress and manners
  Synonyms: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, smart, snappy, spruce


Translations: Spiffy
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - smart
v. tr. - pifte op

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitstekend, piekfijn

Français (French)
adj. - épatant
v. tr. - être/rendre épatant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - (ugs.) elegant, gut gekleidet
v. - jmdn. modebewusst machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (αργκό) φίνος, τσίφτικος, καλοντυμένος, σένιος

Italiano (Italian)
splendido

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - elegante, bem vestido, vistoso (m)

Русский (Russian)
нарядный, модный, первоклассный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - elegante, a la moda, excelente
v. tr. - hacer más elegante o a la moda

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - flott, stilig, smart

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
好看的, 出色的, 漂亮的, 使出色

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 好看的, 出色的, 漂亮的
v. tr. - 使出色

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 멋부린, 눈에 띄는, 말쑥한
v. tr. - 매력적으로 만들다, 세련되게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - きちんとした, 気のきいた, すばらしい, 立派な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ممتاز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מטופח, נאה‬
v. tr. - ‮עשה למושך, סגנן או עדכן‬


 
 
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