how to pronounce nifty

/ˈnɪftiː/

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nifty is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of nifty in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… go to this nifty postal box type thing …”

meaning of nifty

Nifty means very good or impressive.

nifty frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word nifty occurs in english on average 4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics nifty can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that nifty can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;