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sickly

4 definitions • 6 examples

1

weak, unhealthy, and often sick:

Examples:

a sickly child/plant

A sickly looking woman handed me my ticket.

2

causing a slight feeling of wanting to vomit:

Examples:

A sickly smell of decaying fish came from the dirty river.

The chocolate cake was sickly sweet (= too sweet).

3

emotional, in an unpleasant or embarrassing way:

Examples:

His books are sometimes accused of sickly sentimentality.

4

weak and unhealthy:

Examples:

He was a sickly child.

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