spiffing

comparative more spiffing · superlative most spiffing

1. UKcolloquialdatedVery good, excellent.

   We're having a picnic at the races — how spiffing!

2. UKcolloquialdatedSmart or appealing in dress or appearance.

   I say, that outfit is simply spiffing.

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   I have a lovely pair with a hair strip, grey. You'll look spiffing in them.

   1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

   2007, "Spiffing new image", Times Online, London, 18 May (retrieved 14 June 2007), Spiffing new image: ITV is developing an updated version of Spitting Image, with CGI graphics.

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of spiff