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sickly

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  1. 1. superl. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body. Source: opted
  2. 2. superl. Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate. Source: opted
  3. 3. superl. Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale. Source: opted
  4. 4. superl. Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality. Source: opted
  5. 5. adv. In a sick manner or condition; ill. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To make sick or sickly; -- with over, and probably only in the past participle. Source: opted
  7. 7. adj. unhealthy looking Source: wordnet
  8. 8. adj. somewhat ill or prone to illness Source: wordnet
  9. 9. 1. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body. This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. Shak. 2. Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate. Cowper. 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. Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality. Syn. -- Diseased; ailing; infirm; weakly; unhealthy; healthless; weak; feeble; languid; faint. In a sick manner or condition; ill. My people sickly [with ill will] beareth our marriage. Chaucer. To make sick or sickly; -- with over, and probably only in the past participle. [R.] Sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought. Shak. Sentiments sicklied over . . . with that cloying heaviness into which unvaried sweetness is too apt to subside. Jeffrey. Source: webster
  10. 10. In a sick manner or condition; ill.My people sickly [with ill will] beareth our marriage. Chaucer. Source: adambom
  11. 11. j:100 s unhealthy looking s somewhat ill or prone to illness Source: ecdict

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