pok‧y ,
pokey /ˈpəʊki $ ˈpoʊ-/
adjective informal1. British English too small and not very pleasant or comfortable:
The whole family was crammed into two poky little rooms.2. American English doing things very slowly, especially in a way that is annoying:
I got behind some poky driver on the freeway. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
small not large in size, amount, or effect:
a small boat
small businesses
a small amount of money
small changeslittle [usually before noun] small – used about objects, places, and living things. Used especially with other adjectives to show how you feel about someone or something:
It’s a very pretty little town.
The poor little dog has hurt its leg.
The cake was decorated with little flowers.low used about prices, rents, levels, or standards:
People on low incomes are finding it difficult to pay fuel bills.
The crime rate in the area is relatively low.slight [usually before noun] small and not very important or not very noticeable:
a slight problem
There’s been a slight improvement in his health.
a slight increase in salesminor small and not important or not serious:
minor injuries
We’ve made some minor changes to the program.compact small – used about places, buildings etc in which space is used effectively, or about phones, cameras, cars etc which are designed to be much smaller than usual:
The apartments are very compact.
a compact camera
It is a pleasant and compact city.poky especially British English used about a room, house etc that is too small:
a poky bedroom
a poky flatcramped used about a space, room, or vehicle that is too small because people do not have enough room to move around:
They all lived together in a cramped apartment.
The car feels cramped with four adults in it.tiny very small – used about objects, numbers, or amounts:
a tiny island
Dairy foods provide your body with a tiny amount of vitamin D.teeny informal very small - used for emphasis:
I'll just have a teeny bit of cream.
There's just one teeny little problem.
a teeny little houseminute extremely small and extremely difficult to see or notice:
They found minute traces of poison in his body.
The differences are minute.
minute creaturesminiature a miniature camera, watch, railway etc is made in a very small size. A miniature horse, dog etc is bred to be a very small size:
The spy used a miniature camera.
the fashion for miniature petsmicroscopic extremely small and impossible to see without special equipment:
microscopic organisms
microscopic particles of dustminuscule /ˈmɪnəskjuːl, ˈmɪnɪskjuːl/ extremely small in a surprising way:
She was wearing a minuscule bikini.
The threat from terrorism is minuscule compared to other risks in our lives.itty-bitty/itsy-bitsy [only before noun] American English informal very small:
An itty-bitty little bug crawled across his forehead.
We stayed at some itty-bitty hotel in a back street. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲