US /ˈsɪkli/ UK /ˈsɪkli/
adj adv

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    often ill or unhealthy, or suggesting illness

    The sickly child spent much of the winter indoors.

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Synonyms
1 adj · often ill or unhealthy, or... unhealthyailinginfirmfrailsallowweak
Word family
Forms sickliedsickliness
Derived forms sickliness
Related forms sicksickness

Etymology

From sick plus the suffix -ly; sick is from Old English seoc ('ill, diseased'), from Proto-Germanic *seukaz, of uncertain ultimate origin.

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