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SICKLY
- to make sick (affected with ill health, also SIC) [v SICKLIED, SICKLYING, SICKLIES] / inclined to be ailing [adj SICKLIER, SICKLIEST]
- Often ill; in poor health
- (of a person's complexion or expression) Indicative of poor health
- (of a place, climate, or time) Causing or characterized by unhealthiness
- appearing as if sick [adj SICKLIER, SICKLIEST] : SICKLILY [adv] / to make sickly [v SICKLIED, SICKLIES, SICKLYING]
- (of a flavor, smell, color, or light) So unpleasant as to induce discomfort or nausea
- Excessively sentimental or mawkish