how to pronounce spiffy

/ˈspɪfiː/

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spiffy is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… right you know no no spiffy stalinist …”

meanings of spiffy

noun:

A spring-wire collar stay, worn by men.
A dapper person.

adjective:

Dapper; fine or neat, especially in style of clothing or other appearance.

spiffy frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word spiffy occurs in english on average 0.8 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 spiffy 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 spiffy can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;