sickly
/ˈsɪkli/ adjective B2- Frequently ill or in poor health; weakly. · a sickly child
- Not in good health; (somewhat) sick.
- Characterized by poor or unhealthy growth. (of a plant)
- Appearing ill, infirm or unhealthy; giving the appearance of illness. · a sickly pallor
- Shedding a relatively small amount of light; (of light) not very bright.
- Lacking intensity or vigour. · a sickly smile· a sickly winter sun
- Associated with poor moral or mental well-being.
- Tending to produce nausea. · a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality
Comparative sicklier · Superlative sickliest
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I should be glad to know what connection there can possibly be between your sickly sentimentality and the affairs of the state!”
A small garden sprinkled over with a scattered eruption of sickly plants separated each of these houses from the street, and was traversed by a narrow pathway, yellowish in colour, and consisting apparently of a mixture of clay and of gravel.
She is unfortunately of a sickly constitution, which has prevented her making that progress in many accomplishments which she could not otherwise have failed of, as I am informed by the lady who superintended her education, and who still resides with them.
Between these sickly shrubs grew a scanty supply of garlic, tomatoes, and eschalots; while, lone and solitary, like a forgotten sentinel, a tall pine raised its melancholy head in one of the corners of this unattractive spot, and displayed its flexible stem and fan-shaped summit dried and cracked by the fierce heat of the sub-tropical sun.
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