"faffy" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "See faff (about).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "faffier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faffiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "faffy (comparative faffier, superlative faffiest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1986, Gwynneth Branfoot, Men have all the fun, page 125",
          "text": "[...] three kinds of pickles, the tinned peaches ready in a bowl with a jug of fresh cream on the serving hatch, home-made cakes, tarts and chocolate biscuits. It was a faffy, time-consuming job […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Hollie Newton, How to Grow: A guide for gardeners who can't garden yet",
          "text": "Maybe go nuts with a sprinkle of sea salt and a crack of black pepper. Other than that, I'd be an idiot to interrupt their perfection with a faffy recipe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Time-consuming or awkward; too complicated or fancy."
      ],
      "id": "en-faffy-en-adj-Sc7~eTQX",
      "links": [
        [
          "awkward",
          "awkward"
        ],
        [
          "complicated",
          "complicated"
        ],
        [
          "fancy",
          "fancy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, informal) Time-consuming or awkward; too complicated or fancy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfæfi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æfi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "faffy"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "See faff (about).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "faffier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faffiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "faffy (comparative faffier, superlative faffiest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Rhymes:English/æfi",
        "Rhymes:English/æfi/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1986, Gwynneth Branfoot, Men have all the fun, page 125",
          "text": "[...] three kinds of pickles, the tinned peaches ready in a bowl with a jug of fresh cream on the serving hatch, home-made cakes, tarts and chocolate biscuits. It was a faffy, time-consuming job […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Hollie Newton, How to Grow: A guide for gardeners who can't garden yet",
          "text": "Maybe go nuts with a sprinkle of sea salt and a crack of black pepper. Other than that, I'd be an idiot to interrupt their perfection with a faffy recipe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Time-consuming or awkward; too complicated or fancy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "awkward",
          "awkward"
        ],
        [
          "complicated",
          "complicated"
        ],
        [
          "fancy",
          "fancy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, informal) Time-consuming or awkward; too complicated or fancy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfæfi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æfi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "faffy"
}