sick|ly

sick|ly
sick|ly «SIHK lee», adjective, -li|er, -li|est, adverb, verb, -lied, -ly|ing.
–adj.
1. often sick; not strong and healthy. SYNONYM(S): ailing, indisposed.
2. of or having to do with sickness; suggesting sickness: »

Her skin is a sickly yellow.

3. a) causing sickness: »

That place has a sickly climate.

b) marked by the presence of sickness.
4. faint, weak; pale: »

a sickly glow.

5. Figurative. weak; mawkish: »

sickly sentimentality.

–adv.
in a sick manner: »

Figurative. to smile sickly.

–v.t.
1. to cover with a sickly hue: »

Thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought (Shakespeare).

2. to make sickly or pale.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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