What does the word sickly mean?
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Sickness.
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Sickliness.
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Habitually indisposed; ailing.
Part of speech: noun
Part of speech: noun
Part of speech: adjective
Part of speech: adjective
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Usage examples for sickly
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Aloft, all the heavens were hidden in a canopy of sickly gray; beneath, the sea showed the same color. – Cord and Creese by James de Mille
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Sickly, Bart wondered if they had found Montano. – The Colors of Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley
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The villagers had heard that the white men were to pass; that they were very sickly, and unable to make any resistance, or to defend the immense wealth in their possession. – The Journal Of A Mission To The Interior Of Africa, In The Year 1805 by Mungo Park