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How to pronounce “sickly”
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Pronunciation guide for sickly
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- Practice the English pronunciation of sickly with real speech in context.
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- Sharon Salzberg
kind of sickly sweet or sentimental,
- Definition summary
- Frequently ill or in poor health; weakly.
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How to pronounce sickly
Sharon Salzberg

kind of sickly sweet or sentimental,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “sickly”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Frequently ill or in poor health; weakly.
- 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.
- Shedding a relatively small amount of light; (of light) not very bright.
- Lacking intensity or vigour.
- Associated with poor moral or mental well-being.
- Tending to produce nausea.
- Overly sweet.
- (obsolete) Marked by the occurrence of illness or disease (of a period of time).
- (obsolete) Tending to produce disease or poor health.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, archaic, literary) To make (something) sickly.
- (intransitive, rare) To become sickly.
- [Adverb]
- In a sick manner; in a way that reflects or causes sickness.
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