spiffier; spiffiest
: fine looking : smart
a spiffy sports jacket
spiffily adverb
spiffiness noun

Examples of spiffy in a Sentence

She looked very spiffy in her new dress.
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Thomas came out of nowhere to post some of the spiffiest numbers in the league in his mid-30s for the Bruins and even won the Vezina Trophy twice — at 34 and 36 years old. Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025 The designers threw a party themselves, filling the ballroom at Palazzo Visconti di Modrone with a spiffy crowd of mannequins swilling Champagne, chatting at the dinner table and generally whooping it up. Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025 The wedding day photoshoot showed Gomez in a lacy white halter-style gown with a ruffled neckline, with Blanco looking spiffy in a black tux and bowtie. Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025 The lead comedy actor nominee looked spiffy in a burgundy-colored tuxedo with black lapels and shirt. Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spiffy

Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spiffy was in 1853

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“Spiffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spiffy. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

spiffy

adjective
spiffier; spiffiest
: fine looking : smart
a spiffy sports jacket

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