spiffingly adv.
extremely well.
‘’Arry on [...] the Glorious Twelfth’ in Punch 30 Aug. 97/2: My rig-out was a picter [...] / I shaped spiffin, in mustard-and-mud-colour checks. | ||
(con. 1914) George Brown’s Schooldays 215: I say, Marigold, and isn’t he spifflingly handsome? | ||
Powder 225: Feedback from Hannah was that last week’s interviews had gone spiffingly. | ||
(con. 1945–6) Devil’s Jump (2008) 161: ‘I think we’re going to get on splendidly, Bill, don’t you?’ ‘Yeah, absolutely spiffingly.’. |