1. small and cramped; uncomfortably confined
Usage: informal
2. annoyingly slow; moving or acting without speed
Usage: informal

Examples

• The apartment was too poky for a family of four.
• We stayed in a poky little hotel room downtown.
• The poky old computer took forever to start up.
• She grew tired of her poky commute through heavy traffic.
• The poky service at the restaurant made us late for the movie.
• Their poky kitchen barely had room for one person to cook.