SPIFFILY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

spiffily

adverb

Definition of spiffily

as in neatly

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Long-term development rarely fits neatly into a quarterly reporting cycle.

— Ekramy El Zaghat, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
The crab fit neatly into my pocket, a thin, light, barely discernible presence.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of neatly

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Incredibly easy to style, these effortless shoes pair casually with jeans, smartly with trousers or a skirt, or elegantly with your favorite fall dress.

— Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2026
There was nothing that had escaped being stamped with the Festival’s ubiquitous emblem–sweets, cigarettes, perfume, even sandals–Specially designed to keep you cool and smartly shod for fun-loving Festival walking!

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of smartly

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Thanks to his book, Bloom, a bald, chain-smoking, nattily dressed, thitherto obscure translator of Plato and Rousseau, became nearly as famous as Derrida himself.

— Emily Eakin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
But the show doesn’t start until the 79-year-old De Shields nattily flips his jacket open, to the approving roar of the audience.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of nattily

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Six decades later, its themes of exclusion, abuse and violence remain strikingly relevant.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
Also strikingly forward-thinking given the surroundings—chandeliers, parquet floors, coffered ceilings—was the choice to end the evening with a performance by Danish punk rock group, Iceage.

— Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of strikingly

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As the curtain lifts, Eugene (a dashingly coiffed Joseph Walsh, with perfect villainous eyebrows) faces his uncle’s casket, shaking with horror.

— Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2026
Turner is also great, playing the dashingly handsome hero with emotional depth.

— Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 20 Nov. 2025

Definition of dashingly

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And it was richly deserved, according to Purdue University, which created the international award and named it after perhaps its most famous alumnus.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
The Palm Springs compound is, at least in listing photos, done in a kind of old-California glamour, with richly colored polished woods, terra-cotta floors, and deep-red accents.

— Kim Velsey, Curbed, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of richly

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Sandy Honig made a short film, The Weird Guy, last year that is so funny and also gorgeously shot.

— Lisa Hanawalt, The New York Review of Books, 15 Aug. 2026
One Friday post, for example, shows footage from Super Heavy of Ship cruising away shortly after stage separation, its six Raptors glowing with exertion against the backdrop of a gorgeously blue Earth.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 July 2026

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