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Meaning of 'sickly' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sickly [ adv.]
- In a sick manner or condition; ill.
2 . Sickly [ superl.]
- Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body.
- Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate.
- Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale.
- Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality.
3 . Sickly [ v. t.]
- To make sick or sickly; -- with over, and probably only in the past participle.

Meaning of 'sickly' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sickly [ s]
Meaning (1):
- somewhat ill or prone to illness
Example in sentence:
  • a sickly child;
  • feeling a bit indisposed today;
  • feeling poorly;
  • is unwell and can't come to work;
  • my poor ailing grandmother;
  • you look a little peaked

Nearby Words:

sic sicamore sicca siccate siccation siccative siccific siccity sice sicer

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