spiffing

Quite top-notch

Spiffing is British slang for excellent or splendid, now chiefly used with ironic or humorous intent: What a spiffing idea!

The word sounds deliberately old-fashioned, evoking upper-class Edwardian enthusiasm.

It survives mainly in playful or mock-posh contexts.

British

splendid

Impressively beautiful or fine

brilliant · cracking · top-hole · wizard · ripping · corking · bally · frightfully · terrifically · awfully

approval

excellent

Of superior quality

first-class · top-notch · stellar · wonderful · fantastic · terrific · fabulous · magnificent · glorious · sublime

old-fashioned

quaint

Attractively unfamiliar, outdated

dated · nostalgic · classic · bygone · yesteryear · old-world · old-timey · Edwardian · Victorian · Wodehouse

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Opposites
quality/excellence

spiffingdreadful

Causing great fear or suffering

awful · terrible · rotten · rubbish · lousy

emotional affect/pleasantness

spiffingdreary

Dull and depressing

dismal · miserable · obnoxious · depressing · beastly

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Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G