variants
or pokey
pokier; pokiest
Synonyms
Examples of poky in a Sentence
frustrated with the poky traffic during rush hour
Recent Examples on the Web
Well-fed clouds, almost too substantial to be believed, floated above islands carpeted with evergreens, cheerful sailboats, and a poky ferry slowly gliding along the navy blue waters.
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Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2024
Here in the United States, a high percentage of public chargers are poky Level 2 units that deliver alternating current at 240 volts.
—Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
The elevators are poky by modern office-building standards but more than enough for the lighter demands of a residence, and presumably they’ll get upgraded anyway.
—Curbed, 26 Oct. 2023
The new film is much pokier in its pacing, with duller characters.
—Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
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.
—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
Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2024
Here in the United States, a high percentage of public chargers are poky Level 2 units that deliver alternating current at 240 volts.
—Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
The elevators are poky by modern office-building standards but more than enough for the lighter demands of a residence, and presumably they’ll get upgraded anyway.
—Curbed, 26 Oct. 2023
The new film is much pokier in its pacing, with duller characters.
—Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
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.
—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 Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poky. Accessed 7 May. 2024.
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poky
adjective
variants
or pokey
pokier; pokiest
1
: being small and cramped
a poky room
2
: so slow as to be annoying
pokiness
noun
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