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sickly
[ sik-lee ]
adjective
- not strong; unhealthy; ailing.
- of, connected with, or arising from ill health:
a sickly complexion.
- marked by the prevalence of ill health, as a region:
the epidemic left the town sickly.
- causing sickness.
- maudlin and insipid; mawkish:
sickly sentimentality.
- faint or feeble, as light or color.
adverb
- in a sick or sickly manner.
verb (used with object)
- to cover with a sickly hue.
sickly
/ ˈsɪklɪ /
adjective
- disposed to frequent ailments; not healthy; weak
- of, relating to, or caused by sickness
- (of a smell, taste, etc) causing revulsion or nausea
- (of light or colour) faint or feeble
- mawkish; insipid
sickly affectation
adverb
- in a sick or sickly manner
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Derived Forms
- ˈsickliness, noun
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Other Words From
- sickli·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Neruda suffered from cancer, and he looked unwell, with a sickly yellow glow.
At 9:03, the second plane banked sickly toward the south tower as the world watched on television.
How did your family react to seeing you so skinny and sickly looking?
A hunter comes across a sickly gorilla, too weak to defend itself from the blows of his cleaver.
Seconds later my friend picked me up in front of the truck stop, his face a sickly shade of white.
If the father is old or sickly, the son sleeps near him by night, and does not leave his presence by day.
His face was sickly, and never free from the traces of acute anxiety that was eating at his heart.
The climate of those mountains is cold rather than temperate, and less healthful than sickly.
It is the offspring of a sickly taste, a deceitful heart, and a sure proof of low breeding.
His childhood, except when he could be rocked and sung into sickly sleep, was one long piteous wail.
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