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pokier

pokier is the comparative form of poky.

Meaning of poky

Adjective (1)

poky (comparative pokier, superlative pokiest)

  1. Slow.
  2. Stupid; mentally dull.

Adjective (2)

poky (comparative pokier, superlative pokiest)

  1. Small and cramped, and often shabby.
    • The back door leads to a poky kitchen, tiled brightly in the taste of a previous tenant.2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 5

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Questions about pokier

What is pokier the comparative form of?
Pokier is the comparative form of poky.

Words near pokier in the dictionary

  1. pokickeries
  2. pokickery
  3. pokie
  4. pokie machine
  5. pokie machines
  6. pokier
  7. pokies
  8. pokiest
  9. pokily
  10. pokiness
  11. poking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pokier (page history and authors); poky (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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