1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Poke.

2. (a.) Drudging; servile.

ambling cautious circumspect claudicant crawling creeping creeping like snail deliberate delving digging easy faltering fishing flagging foot-dragging gentle gradual halting hobbled hobbling idle in search of indolent languid languorous lazy leisurely limping loaded for bear looking for lumbering moderate nosy out for out for bear poky probing prying relaxed reluctant sauntering searching shuffling slack slothful slow slow as death slow as molasses slow as slow slow-crawling slow-foot slow-going slow-legged slow-moving slow-paced slow-poky slow-running slow-sailing slow-stepped sluggish snail-paced snaillike staggering strolling tentative toddling tortoiselike tottering trudging turtlelike unhurried waddling