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adj. - Unhealthy looking; Somewhat ill or prone to illness.

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Usage examples (34)
  • I only meant to say that we are both ... since you don't like the word sickly
  • Eran gave her a grin that could only be described as sickly.
  • Clarence had always been what Winnebago termed sickly, in spite of his mother's noodle soup, and coddling.
  • She can recall the sickly scent of her first husband, the drunken Win Spencer, and how he hit and bullied her.
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