variants or pokey

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Recent Examples of poky 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 See All Example Sentences for poky
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poky
Adjective
  • France One of my upcoming podcast guests, Mary Alice Duff, decided to swap the hustle of life in Philadelphia for the slower pace of southern France.
    Cepee Tabibian, CNBC, 18 May 2025
  • Combs Grows Frustrated Combs was animated during Ventura’s cross-examination, appearing somewhat frustrated with the tedious, slow pace that his attorney was taking when quizzing Ventura.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2025
Adjective
  • The overall effect is one of decadence laced with a creeping sense of horror.
    Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • As a child, she was plagued by anxiety and the creeping sense that adults, especially her mother, were keeping secrets from the kids.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • The sluggish real estate sector showed little sign of improvement.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 21 May 2025
  • Home Depot reported sluggish earnings Tuesday, weighed down by a weak housing market and consumers taking on fewer large-scale renovation projects.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 20 May 2025

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“Poky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poky. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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