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Meaning of spiffing | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
/ˈspɪfɪŋ/

Definitions

  1. Very good, excellent.
    British, colloquial, dated
  2. Smart or appealing in dress or appearance.
    British, colloquial, dated

Examples

“We're having a picnic at the races — how spiffing!”
“I say, that outfit is simply spiffing.”
“I have a lovely pair with a hair strip, grey. You'll look spiffing in them.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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