1. Adjective form
Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body.
2. Adjective form
Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate.
3. Adjective form
Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale.
4. Adjective form
Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality.
5. Adverb
In a sick manner or condition; ill.
6. Verb
To make sick or sickly; -- with over, and probably only in the past participle.
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