variants
or pokey
pokier; pokiest
Examples of poky in a Sentence
frustrated with the poky traffic during rush hour
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Drew and Lucy Moore lived on Sylvan, past the green house with all the dogs, in a poky little Queen Anne fixer-upper on a half lot.
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Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
The movie won seven Oscars, including Best Picture, and did well at the box office despite a poky pace and a three-hour running time.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Yet nothing will ever beat seeing the old cottage itself alongside the Grade II listed Johnny Haynes Stand with its original, poky turnstiles.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The Miata's recipe of feathery bodywork, poky dimensions, a sweet chassis and rear-wheel drive.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
The movie won seven Oscars, including Best Picture, and did well at the box office despite a poky pace and a three-hour running time.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Yet nothing will ever beat seeing the old cottage itself alongside the Grade II listed Johnny Haynes Stand with its original, poky turnstiles.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The Miata's recipe of feathery bodywork, poky dimensions, a sweet chassis and rear-wheel drive.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for poky
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“Poky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poky. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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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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