pokily
At snail's pace
Pokily means in a slow, dawdling manner: The traffic moved pokily through the construction zone.
It can also describe something done in a cramped or confined way, from the adjective poky's sense of small and uncomfortable: They lived pokily in a one-room apartment.
In a slow, lazy manner
- unhurriedlyIn no particular rush
- leisurelyDone without urgency
- languidlyIn a weary manner
- lethargicallyIn a drowsy, sluggish manner
torpidly · plodding · laggingly · slothfully · listlessly · indolently · heavily · drowsily
In a constricting manner
- narrowlyBy a small margin
- claustrophobicallyIn fear-of-enclosure manner
- snuglyIn a tight, comfortable manner
- boxed-inUnable to maneuver
In unvarying repetition
- boringlyIn an uninteresting manner
- drearilyIn a bleak manner
- dullyWithout liveliness or sharpness
- wearilyIn exhausted manner
tiresomely · laboriously · repetitively · uneventfully · drably · lifelessly · flatly · prosaically
sluggishly
In a slow, lazy manner
- unhurriedlyIn no particular rush
- leisurelyDone without urgency
- languidlyIn a weary manner
lethargically · torpidly · plodding · laggingly · slothfully · listlessly · indolently · heavily · drowsily · stagnantly
tightly
In a constricting manner
- narrowlyBy a small margin
- claustrophobicallyIn fear-of-enclosure manner
- snuglyIn a tight, comfortable manner
boxed-in · stuffily · compactly · hemmed-in · closeted · cubbyhole
monotonously
In unvarying repetition
wearily · tiresomely · laboriously · repetitively · uneventfully · drably · lifelessly · flatly · prosaically · banally
- poking funMocking in jest
- poking aroundSearching aimlessly through things
- poking the bearNeedlessly angering something powerful
- poking alongMoving without urgency
- poking aboutSearching without clear purpose