variants
or pokey
as in slow
moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed
frustrated with the poky traffic during rush hour
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These scruffy, poky green invaders have taken over much of the Colorado Basin’s riversides, aided by the unnatural stability left by upstream dams that tamed floods.
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Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
The small but mighty design, which is about the same size as a two-door Mini Cooper, will be able to navigate narrow city streets sans emissions and park in even the pokiest spots.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 June 2023
She's also preserved its pacing, a poky YA meander that betrays the phantom impression of chapter breaks and a plot perhaps better suited to daily school bus rides than a single auditorium sitting.
—A.a. Dowd, Chron, 27 Apr. 2023
This fourth generation of the Sienna is offered solely as a hybrid, with front- and all-wheel drive variants sharing the same 245-hp rating, which has proven to be on the poky side in our testing.
—Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 15 Apr. 2023
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Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
The small but mighty design, which is about the same size as a two-door Mini Cooper, will be able to navigate narrow city streets sans emissions and park in even the pokiest spots.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 June 2023
She's also preserved its pacing, a poky YA meander that betrays the phantom impression of chapter breaks and a plot perhaps better suited to daily school bus rides than a single auditorium sitting.
—A.a. Dowd, Chron, 27 Apr. 2023
This fourth generation of the Sienna is offered solely as a hybrid, with front- and all-wheel drive variants sharing the same 245-hp rating, which has proven to be on the poky side in our testing.
—Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 15 Apr. 2023
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“Poky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poky. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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