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Meanings of
sickly
in anglès
Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
poorly
peaked
unwell
ailing
seedy
indisposed
under the weather
Related terms
ill
sick
Unhealthy looking.
sallow
Related terms
unhealthy
Synonyms
Examples for "
sallow
"
sallow
Examples for "
sallow
"
1
The hue is rather bloodless and leaden; but he was alway
sallow
.
2
For the rest of the day the
sallow
held her head high.
3
He saw the
sallow
face and thin breasts of the older sister.
4
He paused, his
sallow
face flushed with the enthusiasm of his idea.
5
Her cheeks were
sallow
;
her dark eyes burnt behind their thick lashes.
Usage of
sickly
in anglès
1
Though not exactly
sickly
,
neither is the market in the rudest health.
2
She certainly looked very pale and
sickly
,
just as Terence had said.
3
They looked like brothers in the
sickly
glow of the seal-oil lamp.
4
The Sage of Rotterdam was old and
sickly
;
his day was over.
5
Now their unsold homes are the bane of a
sickly
housing market.
6
The town is extremely
sickly
;
and sudden deaths have been very frequent.
7
But there was nothing
sickly
in his eyes or in his expression.
8
The red spots faded to a
sickly
yellow in the invalid's cheeks.
9
He was mortally apprehensive, and had a
sickly
sensation in the stomach.
10
He didn't look
sickly
.
Prince first found fame in the late 1970s.
11
Its
sickly
,
yellow-orange-colored atmosphere swirled; thick, cold storms lashed the icy surface.
12
He wondered,
sickly
,
if his vision was ever going to come back.
13
She was pale; she had a very weary and rather
sickly
appearance.
14
I caught the scent of new flat bread and
sickly
foreign cakes.
15
The time is wonderfully
sickly
;
nothing but sore throats, colds, and fevers.
16
Octavian is so
sickly
that he'll never reach the age of forty-two.
Other examples for "sickly"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
sickly
Adjective
Adverb
Frequent collocations
sickly smile
sickly sweet
sickly child
very sickly
sickly grin
More collocations
Sickly
through the time
Sickly
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common