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POKIEST
POKY
jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky
(adjective) small and remote and insignificant; “a jerkwater college”; “passed a series of poky little one-horse towns”
dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey
(adjective) wasting time
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
pokiest
superlative form of poky: most poky
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POKEY
Pok"ey, a.
Definition: See Poky.
POKY
Pok"y, a. Etym: [Written also pokey.]
1. Confined; cramped. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Dull; tedious; uninteresting. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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