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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective (niftier; -est) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1865 very good ; very attractive ; fine <nifty clothes> • niftily adverb II. noun (plural nifties) Date: 1918 something that is nifty; especially a clever or neatly turned phrase or joke

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (niftier, niftiest) colloq. 1 clever, adroit. 2 smart, stylish. Derivatives: niftily adv. niftiness n. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. uncert.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(niftier, niftiest) If you describe something as nifty, you think it is neat and pleasing or cleverly done. (INFORMAL) Bridgeport was a pretty nifty place... It was a nifty arrangement, a perfect partnership. ADJ: usu ADJ n [approval]

Moby Thesaurus

OK, ace-high, agile, apt, bad, bang-up, bonzer, boss, braw, bully, but good, chic, classy, clever, clothes-conscious, considerable, cool, corker, corking, cosmopolitan, crackerjack, daisy, dandy, dapper, dashing, delicious, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, ducky, elegant, energetic, excellent, exquisite, fab, fine, fine and dandy, gear, genteel, good, great, groovy, healthy, heavy, hot, humdinger, hunky-dory, in good form, jam-up, jaunty, just dandy, keen, knockout, marvy, mean, modish, natty, neat, nobby, okay, out of sight, peach, peachy, peachy-keen, posh, profitable, quick, recherche, ripping, ritzy, rum, satisfactory, satisfying, scrumptious, sharp, slap-up, sleek, smart, smashing, smug, snazzy, soigne, soignee, solid, something else, sophisticated, spiffing, spiffy, splendid, spruce, spry, stunning, style-conscious, stylish, substantial, suitable, super, swank, swanky, swell, terrific, tough, tricksy, trig, trim, well-dressed, well-groomed, wizard