sickly
pronunciation
How to pronounce sickly in British English:
UK [ˈsɪkli]
How to pronounce sickly in American English:
US [ˈsɪkli]
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- Adjective:
- unhealthy looking
- somewhat ill or prone to illness
Word Origin
- sickly (adj.)
- late 14c., "ill, invalid, habitually ailing," from sick (adj.) + -ly (1). Meaning "causing sickness" in any sense is from c. 1600. Related: Sickliness.
Example
- 1. Most jewish women of her age were sickly and weak .
- 2. Edgar returns with linton who is a weak and sickly boy .
- 3. Dmitri sits amongst his brood , my sin and my redemption bound in one gaunt and sickly man .
- 4. Amy evans has always been ugly , and resents her sickly brother stan with his " pale imploring beauty " and angelic stoicism .
- 5. Blindness : a frail and sickly child , roosevelt was encouraged to do lots of physical activity in hopes of alleviating his asthma and other ailments .