sickly

v. t. To make sick or sickly; -- with over, and probably only in the past participle. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sentiments sicklied over . . . with that cloying heaviness into which unvaried sweetness is too apt to subside. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Sicklier superl. Sickliest. ] 1. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body. [ 1913 Webster ]

This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale. [ 1913 Webster ]

The moon grows sickly at the sight of day. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor torrid summer's sickly smile. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Diseased; ailing; infirm; weakly; unhealthy; healthless; weak; feeble; languid; faint. [ 1913 Webster ]