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.

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adjective
adjective, mainly US

= spiffing adjective 1. (1853 —) .
H. Wouk She's turned into quite the spiffy New York gal (1978).

[Origin unknown; cf. obs. dialect spiff adjective, smart, obs. slang spiff noun, a well-dressed man, a swell, and spiv noun.]

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For a list of words related to spiffy, see:

• Appealing, Elegant, Neat, Rich, or Fancy

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See words rhyming with "spiffy."

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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