Antonyms for sickly


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sik-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪk li


Definition of sickly

Origin :
  • late 14c., "ill, invalid, habitually ailing," from sick (adj.) + -ly (1). Meaning "causing sickness" in any sense is from c.1600. Related: Sickliness.
  • adj not healthy
  • adj revolting
Example sentences :
  • The boy was sickly: he might be taken from him ere he had made any true acquaintance with him!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • My second child was a girl; but a poor diminutive, sickly thing.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • "He's alive then," exclaimed Anthony, pale in the sickly light.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • It was now autumn, and the most sickly season I had ever known in Peewawkin.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • The face of the latter was a sickly green, the gift of his fright.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • What could she do, a woman, with only a sickly boy to help her?
  • Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards
  • This sally was greeted with sickly smiles by the members who wanted the floor.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870 » by Various
  • They regard it at best as a fantastic weakness, fit only for sickly people.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • Christians around us living a sickly, feeble, fruitless life!
  • Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray
  • The apostrophe to the heroism of the soldiers is sickly and pale.
  • Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski

Synonyms for sickly

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