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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sickly \Sick"ly\, a. [Compar. {Sicklier}; superl. {Sickliest}.]
1. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease;
as, a sickly body.
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This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. --Shak.
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2. Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a
sickly climate. --Cowper.
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3. Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale.
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The moon grows sickly at the sight of day. --Dryden.
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Nor torrid summer's sickly smile. --Keble.
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4. Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell;
sickly sentimentality.
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Syn: Diseased; ailing; infirm; weakly; unhealthy; healthless;
weak; feeble; languid; faint.
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