iffy

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if⋅fy

[if-ee]

–adjective, -fi⋅er, -fi⋅est. Informal.

1.	full of unresolved points or questions: an iffy situation.

2.	doubtful; questionable: An early decision on this is iffy.

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Origin:
1915–20; if + -y ¹

Related forms:

if⋅fi⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. doubtful, unsettled, uncertain, speculative.

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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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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iffy [ˈɪfi]

mod.
marginally uncertain. : Things are still sort of iffy, but we'll know for sure in a few days.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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