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Meaning of wifty-wafty | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Silly, dippy, kooky.

Examples

“When she introduced the subject of ghosts, then, there was nothing wifty-wafty about it, nothing of mix-and-match designer religiosity or shopworn tales featuring clanking chains on dark and stormy nights.”
“Ours was a nursing program based on a paradigm of holistic patient care. I clearly recall chafing at what I perceived as the wifty-wafty aspects of this concept, just as I chafed at the humanity electives I was required to take.”
“She gave me the telephone number of a very eminent man in Blackrock Clinic, where there was no danger of me casting anyone as a wifty-wafty new ager.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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