Sickly - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈsɪklɪ|
Brit.
|ˈsɪklɪ|
adjective
- unhealthy looking (syn: sallow)
- somewhat ill or prone to illness (syn: ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, seedy, unwell)
- somewhat ill or prone to illness (syn: ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, seedy, unwell)
a sickly child
Extra examples
The walls were painted a sickly yellow.
The lamp gave off a sickly glow.
The boy's sickly pallor concerned his mother even though he had no fever.
...a sickly, spindling child who spent most of his time indoors...
I was sickly of body and mind, felt heavy-laden.
Word forms
adjective
comparative: sicklier
superlative: sickliest
comparative: sicklier
superlative: sickliest
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