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poky poky definition

poky


 
  Overview  of  adj  poky 
 
  The  adj  poky  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  dawdling,  dilatory,  laggard,  poky,  pokey  --  (wasting  time) 
  2.  jerkwater,  one-horse,  pokey,  poky  --  (small  and  remote  and  insignificant;  "a  jerkwater  college";  "passed  a  series  of  poky  little  one-horse  towns") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  poky 
 
  2  senses  of  poky 
 
  Sense  1 
  dawdling,  dilatory,  laggard,  poky,  pokey 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  slow)  ->  fast 
 
  Sense  2 
  jerkwater,  one-horse,  pokey,  poky 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  provincial)  ->  cosmopolitan 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  poky 
 
  2  senses  of  poky 
 
  Sense  1 
  dawdling,  dilatory,  laggard,  poky,  pokey 
  =>  slow  (vs.  fast) 
 
  Sense  2 
  jerkwater,  one-horse,  pokey,  poky 
  =>  provincial  (vs.  cosmopolitan) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  poky 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  poky 
 
  poky  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  poky 
  poky 
 
  Overview  of  adj  poky 
 
  The  adj  poky  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  dawdling,  dilatory,  laggard,  poky,  pokey  --  (wasting  time) 
  2.  jerkwater,  one-horse,  pokey,  poky  --  (small  and  remote  and  insignificant;  "a  jerkwater  college";  "passed  a  series  of  poky  little  one-horse  towns") 



poky definition