nifty
pronunciation
How to pronounce nifty in British English:
UK [ˈnɪfti]
How to pronounce nifty in American English:
US [ˈnɪfti]
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- Adjective:
- very good
Word Origin
- nifty (adj.)
- "smart, stylish," 1868, of unknown origin, perhaps theatrical slang, first attested in a poem by Bret Harte, who said it was a shortened, altered form of magnificat. Related: Niftily; niftiness.
Example
- 1. One approach is to add nifty packaging .
- 2. Such a platform would allow firms to do some nifty things .
- 3. The emerging theory has a nifty , darwinist buzzword : co-evolution .
- 4. Learn some nifty pen-flicking tricks .
- 5. But offer a nifty technological fix , packaged right , and they will embrace goals such as saving the planet .