Sick'ly1, a.
a. [S. sicol]
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Sickly
Sick'ly2, a.
a. [compar. SICKLIER; superl. SICKLIEST.] 1. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease. Physic but prolongs thy sickly days. Shak.
- Producing or tending to disease; marked with sickness; as, a sickly time; a sickly autumn; a sickly climate.
- Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale.
The moon grows sickly at the sight of day. Dryden. Syn.—Diseased; ailing; infirm; weakly; unhealthy; healthless; weak; feeble; languid; faint.
Sick'ly3, adv.
In a sick manner or condition.
Sick'ly4, v. t.
v. t. To make sick or diseased. [Rare.]
“Sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought.” Shak.
“Sentiments sicklied over . . . with that heaviness into which unvaried sweetness is too apt to subside.” Jeffry.