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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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.
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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
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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
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During the prelims in Tokyo, Seville had a concerning slow reaction to the starting gun.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Parisian servers may have an undeserved reputation for being slow, but instead of complaining or searching for faster service elsewhere, settle in with a book or newspaper.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The overall effect is one of decadence laced with a creeping sense of horror.—
Charlie Jane Anders,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2023
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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
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Their third game saw a more sluggish offensive showing, but Texas still managed to beat UTEP 27‑10.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, home sales have been so sluggish that some sellers have been taking their listings off the market.—
Addy Bink,
The Hill,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Poky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poky. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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