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pokingly

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

So as to poke out or protrude.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • GMW Wemyss, Markham Shaw Pyle, The Transatlantic Disputations: Essays and Meditations [...] the 1975 InterCity poster consisting simply of a Page Three girl, wearing a shirt and a hat and nothing else, bra-less (and this is clamantly, pokingly evident) [...]

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adv

Meaning 2

In a drudging, servile manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

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History

Etymology

From poking + -ly.