SICKLY

sickly. Sickly, a. somewhat disordered, unhealthy, faint

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Sick″ly (?), a. [Compar. Sicklier (?); superl. Sickliest.] 1. 1. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body.
This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. Shak. 2. 2. Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate. Cowper.
3. 3. Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale.
The moon grows sickly at the sight of day. Dryden. Nor torrid summer's sickly smile. Keble. 4. 4. Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality.
Syn. — Diseased; ailing; infirm; weakly; unhealthy; healthless; weak; feeble; languid; faint.