poky

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
poky /ˈpəʊki/ (also pokey)

▶adjective (pokier, pokiest)

• 1 (of a room or building) uncomfortably small and cramped.

• 2 informal (especially of a car) having considerable power or acceleration.

• 3 N. Amer. annoyingly slow.

– derivatives
pokily adverb,
pokiness noun.

– origin C19: from poke1 (in the sense ‘confine’) + -y1.