Spiffy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/spˈɪfi/

🇬🇧British English

/spˈɪfi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/spˈɪfi/

2 syllables Say it as /spˈɪfi/.

Examples

a dapper young man
a jaunty red hat

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

dashing snappy jaunty dapper spruce raffish rakish natty

Parts of Speech

adjective

marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

“a dapper young man”

Word Forms

dapperness	noun	stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance
jauntiness	noun	stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance
nattiness	noun	stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance
rakishness	noun	stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance
spruceness	noun	the state of being neat and smart and trim

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

schick

gekennzeichnet durch Aktualität in Kleidung und Manieren

🇫🇷French

chic

marqué par l'actualité de la tenue vestimentaire et des manières

🇪🇸Spanish

elegante

marcado por la actualización en la vestimenta y los modales

🇮🇹Italian

elegante

caratterizzato dall'attualità nell'abbigliamento e nei modi

🇳🇱Dutch

pittig

gekenmerkt door up-to-dateheid in kleding en omgangsvormen

🇵🇹Portuguese

elegante

marcado pela atualização no vestuário e nas maneiras

🇷🇺Russian

элегантный

отличается новизной в одежде и манерах

India

🇮🇳Hindi

स्पिफी

पहनावे और आचरण में आधुनिकता से चिह्नित

🇮🇳Tamil

ஸ்பிஃபி

ஆடை மற்றும் பழக்கவழக்கங்களில் புதுப்பித்தலால் குறிக்கப்படுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

ఉధృతమైన

దుస్తులు మరియు మర్యాదలో నవీనతతో గుర్తించబడింది

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ಪಿಫಿ

ಉಡುಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ನಡವಳಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನವೀಕೃತತೆಯಿಂದ ಗುರುತಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്പൈഫി

വസ്ത്രധാരണത്തിലും പെരുമാറ്റത്തിലും കാലികമായി അടയാളപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു

🇵🇰Urdu

تیز

لباس اور آداب میں تازہ ترین ہونے سے نشان زد

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

漂亮的

以时尚的着装和举止为标志

🇯🇵Japanese

スパイシーな

服装やマナーが最新であることが特徴

🇰🇷Korean

뾰족한

최신 복장과 매너로 특징지어짐

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nhỏ nhắn

được đánh dấu bằng sự cập nhật trong cách ăn mặc và cách cư xử

🇹🇭Thai

โฉบเฉี่ยว

โดดเด่นด้วยการแต่งกายและมารยาทที่ทันสมัย

🇮🇩Indonesian

keren

ditandai dengan kekinian dalam berpakaian dan sopan santun

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أنيق

تتميز بالحداثة في اللباس والأخلاق

🇮🇷Persian

تند

با به روز بودن در لباس و رفتار مشخص شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

gösterişli

kıyafet ve görgü kurallarındaki güncellik ile dikkat çekiyor

🇮🇱Hebrew

חריף

בסימן עדכניות בלבוש ובנימוס

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