poky (Meaning)
poky (n)
a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
poky (s)
wasting time
small and remote and insignificant
poky (a.)
Confined; cramped.
Dull; tedious; uninteresting.
Synonyms & Antonyms of poky
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- fast
- running
- rushing
- fleet
- flying
- ready
- speedy
- whirlwind
- expeditious
- expeditious
- speedy
- fast
- swift
- fleet
- bolting
- running
- flying
- lightning
- racing
- rapid
- brisk
- meteoric
- whirlwind
- snappy
- dizzy
- bolting
- quick
- hasty
- brisk
- rushing
- breathless
- racing
- rapid
- dizzy
- swift
- ready
- speeding
- meteoric
- lightning
- snappy
- speeding
- hasty
- quick
- breathless
Synonyms:
- lagging
- dawdling
- leisurely
- languid
- laggard
- poking
- dallying
- slowing
- snail-paced
- tardy
- unhurried
- dilatory
- dillydallying
Antonyms:
- hurrying
- scooting
- prompt
- warp-speed
- quickened
- prompt
- rocketing
- whisking
- breakneck
- rushed
- whirling
- zipping
- careering
- zipping
- barreling
- scudding
- barreling
- hurrying
- quickened
- scurrying
- rocketing
- accelerated
- scudding
- warp-speed
- scurrying
- careering
- whisking
- hurried
- whirling
- scooting
- breakneck
- hurried
- accelerated
- rushed
poky Sentence Examples
- The old attic was poky and filled with dust-covered trinkets.
- The narrow hallway led to a poky closet teeming with forgotten items.
- The cramped apartment felt suffocatingly poky after a long day.
- The poky elevator inched its way up the towering skyscraper.
- The poky turtle plodded along, its shell heavy with age.
- The child's room was poky and cluttered, filled with toys and childhood memories.
- The poky train lumbered through the desolate countryside, leaving a trail of smoke in its wake.
- The poky snail crawled slowly across the garden path, its antenna twitching with curiosity.
- The poky horse pulled the heavy cart with a laborious effort, its hooves pounding the ground.
- The poky old lady walked with a cane, her steps slow and deliberate.
FAQs About the word poky
a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons se
crawling, sluggish, creeping, dragging,slow, lagging, dawdling, leisurely, languid, laggard
fast, running, rushing, fleet, flying, ready, speedy, whirlwind, expeditious, expeditious
The old attic was poky and filled with dust-covered trinkets.
The narrow hallway led to a poky closet teeming with forgotten items.
The cramped apartment felt suffocatingly poky after a long day.
The poky elevator inched its way up the towering skyscraper.
