Pokey (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The poky little town was bypassed by the new highway and slowly withered away.
- We drove through a series of poky towns that hardly seemed worth stopping for.
- The poky university was known for its handful of unpretentious students and worn-out facilities.
- The poky village was the last place on earth I wanted to spend my vacation.
- The poky station was so small that it wasn't even marked on most maps.