poky
[ poh-kee ]
Origin of poky
1Other words from poky
- pok·i·ly, adverb
- pok·i·ness, noun
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How to use poky in a sentence
Of all the mean things that ever was the pokiest long time in unwrapping its wings, this butterfly's the meanest.
Ting-a-ling | Frank Richard StocktonWhy, you've got the pokiest crowd over here I ever heard of.
Gabriel Tolliver | Joel Chandler HarrisAnd it was the pokiest, most rubbishy, lackadaisical village I ever saw.
The Mission of Janice Day | Helen Beecher Long
British Dictionary definitions for poky
poky
pokey
/ (ˈpəʊkɪ) /
adjectivepokier or pokiest
informal (esp of rooms) small and cramped
without speed or energy; slow
noun
the poky mainly US and Canadian slang prison
Origin of poky
1C19: from poke 1 (in slang sense: to confine)
Derived forms of poky
- pokily, adverb
- pokiness, noun
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