sickly.

1. Looking or feeling weak or unhealthy.

2. Unpleasantly sweet, heavy, or otherwise suggestive of nausea.

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Words that belong together

• sickly child
• sickly appearance

On the page

The sickly child watched the game from the shade.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more sickly; superlative most sickly when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.