pokey
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8.4
- adjective
- /ˈpoʊki/
- Informal
:
lento
- She found the delivery service pokey, as her package arrived two days late.
They know they're pokey, but they always grab these.
- They know they're pokey, but they always grab these.
Examples
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They know they're pokey, but they always grab these.
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Having started its long journey at this pokey pace, it seemed likely to continue traveling at pretty much that pace, though one couldn't rule out sudden and unpredictable bursts of speed.
Academic text (2008) -
The traffic was so pokey that it took us an hour to drive just a few miles.
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Despite the team's effort, their progress on the project remained pokey and frustratingly slow.
Synonyms
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1.0
Moving or happening at a low speed
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3.9
Moving or working slowly and with little energy
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2.3
Moving at a low speed and not making quick progress
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9.3
Being slow to act and causing delay
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5.5
Slow to respond because the device or connection has delays
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7.9
Moving slowly and wasting time
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7.9
Slow to act or move, causing delay
In a slow way that makes tasks finish late
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pokey meaning 'slow' is easy to remember from the verb poke 'to push or prod slowly'; if you 'poke' along you move slowly, so someone who is pokey is slow.