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if·fy
(ĭf′ē)adj. if·fi·er, if·fi·est Informal
Doubtful; uncertain: an iffy proposition.
[From if.]
if′fi·ness n.
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iffy
(ˈɪfɪ)adj, iffier or iffiest
informal uncertain or subject to contingency: this scheme sounds a bit iffy.
[C20: from if + -y1]
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if•fy
(ˈɪf i)adj. -fi•er, -fi•est.
full of unresolved points or questions: an iffy situation.
if′fi•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | iffy - subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech uncertain - not certain to occur; not inevitable; "everything is uncertain about the army"; "the issue is uncertain" |
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iffy
adjective
1. inferior, inadequate, unacceptable, imperfect, second-rate, shoddy, substandard If your next record's a bit iffy, you're forgotten.
2. uncertain, doubtful, unpredictable, conditional, undecided, up in the air, problematical, chancy (informal), in the lap of the gods His political future is looking iffy.
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iffy
adjectiveInformal. Not affording certainty:
ambiguous, borderline, chancy, clouded, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, inconclusive, indecisive, indeterminate, problematic, problematical, questionable, uncertain, unclear, unsure.
Idioms: at issue, in doubt, in question.
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
iffy
[ˈɪfi] adj (= dodgy) [deal, character] → douteux/euse
(= suspicious) [person] to be iffy about sth → se méfier de qch
He was a bit iffy about it → Il s'en méfiait un peu.
He was a bit iffy about it → Il s'en méfiait un peu.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
iffy
adj (+er) (inf) → strittig, fraglich; neighbourhood etc → zweifelhaft; he was a bit iffy → er hat sich sehr vage ausgedrückt; I was feeling a bit iffy → ich fühlte mich nicht wohl
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
iffy
[ˈɪfɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → incerto/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995