sickly Definition

sickly
adj sicklier, sickliest

1. Susceptible or prone to illness; ailing or feeble.

Thesaurus: ailing, weak, faint, feeble, frail, invalid, valetudinarian, languid; Antonym: robust, sturdy.
2. Suggestive of illness.
3. Inducing the desire to vomit.

Example: a sickly smell
4. Unhealthy-looking; pallid.

Example: a sickly plant
Example: a sickly child
Thesaurus: pallid, wan, anaemic, ashen, drawn.
5. Weakly sentimental; mawkish.

adverb

1. To an extent that suggests illness.

Example: sickly pale

Derivative: sickliness
noun

Etymology: 14c.