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I'm a very loyal boyfriend. I'm a bit of a joker... I can be romantic, but not too sickly.
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Meaning of "sickly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SICKLY

sickly  [ˈsɪklɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SICKLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sickly can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES SICKLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sickly in the English dictionary

The first definition of sickly in the dictionary is disposed to frequent ailments; not healthy; weak. Other definition of sickly is of, relating to, or caused by sickness. Sickly is also causing revulsion or nausea.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SICKLY


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ˌælfəˈbɛtɪklɪ
analytically
ˌænəˈlɪtɪklɪ
automatically
ˌɔːtəˈmætɪklɪ
basically
ˈbeɪsɪklɪ
biologically
ˌbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪklɪ
brainsickly
ˈbreɪnˌsɪklɪ
chronically
ˈkrɒnɪklɪ
classically
ˈklæsɪklɪ
clinically
ˈklɪnɪklɪ
critically
ˈkrɪtɪklɪ
cynically
ˈsɪnɪklɪ
electrically
ɪˈlɛktrɪklɪ
enthusiastically
ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪklɪ
ethically
ˈeθɪklɪ
extrinsically
ɛkˈstrɪnsɪklɪ
likely
ˈlaɪklɪ
prickly
ˈprɪklɪ
publicly
ˈpʌblɪklɪ
quickly
ˈkwɪklɪ
unlikely
ʌnˈlaɪklɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SICKLY

sickishly
sickishness
sickle
sickle feather
sickle medick
sickle-cell anaemia
sicklebill
sickleman
sicklemia
sicklemic
sicklier
sickliest
sicklily
sickliness
sickness
sickness benefit
sickness insurance
sicknurse
sicko
sickroom

WORDS THAT END LIKE SICKLY

blackly
crackly
feckly
fickly
freckly
hackly
knuckly
rickly
slackly
slickly
thickly
tickly
trickly

Synonyms and antonyms of sickly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SICKLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sickly» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sickly

Translation of «sickly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SICKLY

Find out the translation of sickly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sickly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sickly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

体弱多病的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enfermizo
570 millions of speakers

English

sickly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बीमार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غث
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

болезненный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

doentio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুর্বল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maladif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sakit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kränklich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

病弱な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

병약한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sakit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hay đau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நோய்வாய்ப்பட்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आजारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hastalıklı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

malaticcio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chorowity
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

болючий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bolnăvicios
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασθενικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sieklike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sjuklig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sykelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sickly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SICKLY»

The term «sickly» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.782 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SICKLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sickly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sickly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sickly

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8 QUOTES WITH «SICKLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sickly.
1
Rodney Atkins
I was a sickly baby, and after two sets of adoptive parents took me home, they returned me to the orphanage because of a serious respiratory infection. But as they say, the third time's a charm, because my mom and dad adopted me and took me into their home where I was raised in a family full of love.
2
Kurt Cobain
Throughout my life, I've always been really close with girls and made friends with girls. And I've always been a really sickly, feminine person anyhow, so I thought I was gay for a while because I didn't find any of the girls in my high school attractive at all.
3
David Knopfler
I don't know to what extent someone can BECOME an artist - you either are or you aren't - and if you are you'll HAVE to make your way to some kind of sickly light, no matter how terrible the soil you were seeded in your nature will out somehow.
4
Amanda Schull
It's hard with ballet because your aesthetic really is important. It's different from acting and from film. Nobody wants to watch somebody who is sickly thin. And it's interesting because I have danced with people who are ill, have eating disorders, and a light goes off within them.
5
Dinah Sheridan
I was a sickly child, contracting tuberculosis at the age of five.
6
Louis Tomlinson
I'm a very loyal boyfriend. I'm a bit of a joker... I can be romantic, but not too sickly.
7
Len Wein
I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age 7, my Dad brought me a stack of comic books to keep me occupied. I was hooked.
8
Edmund White
Key West is the place where your sickly house plant back in New York grows to 10 ft. It's also the place where an 8-ft. cactus, the century plant, produces a huge yellow flower every great once in a while, like a robot proffering a bouquet. After the plant flowers, it dies.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SICKLY»

Discover the use of sickly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sickly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Saving Sickly Children: The Tuberculosis Preventorium in ...
In this book, Cynthia A. Connolly provides a provocative analysis of public health and family welfare through the lens of the tuberculosis preventorium.
Cynthia A Connolly, 2008
2
Fictions of Well-being: Sickly Readers and Vernacular ...
This book explores the concept of the sickly reader, a highly motivated individual whom medical writers encouraged to seek out useful remedies and efficacious hygienic practices in various vernacular health guides.
Michael Ray Solomon, 2010
3
Sickly Sweet: Sugar, Refined Carbohydrate, Addiction and ...
Does this information shed any light on the seemingly insoluble obesity epidemic? This book explores a radical rethink in what has caused the global obesity epidemic.
Simon Thornley, Hayden McRobbie, 2011
4
The Sickly Stuarts: The Medical Downfall of a Dynasty
The history of the Stuarts
Frederick Holmes, 2005
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The Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia
Pale, sickly looking, complains much. Looks well. Complains much, being without chamlu. Looks well. Complains but does not look sickly. Looks sickly, and complains. Looks sickly. Looks well. Complains hut docs not look sickly. Kin.' worm ...
‎1848
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The Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia
Heavy, listless, but not sickly. Looks well and fat. Does not 1. smoke. do. Looks well but not stout. do. ' Looks well. [drinking tinco in arrack. 10 G. Planter. l 18 ,, Looks well has given up smoking since his entrance by 12 '7-5- .,, 45 yrs. old, looks ...
James Richardson Logan, 1848
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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
Sickly expresses a permanent state of indisposition ; but DISEASED expresses a violent state of derangement without specifying its duration j it may be for a time only, or for a permanency : the person, or his constitution, is sickly ; the person, ...
George Crabb, 1818
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The Complete Concordance to Shakspeare: Being a Verbal Index ...
I but a weak and sickly guard .. . . .. . . Henry F. iii. 6 bloisl enough in all t ieir sickly Veins iv. 2 the kit is sickly, weak,and .. .. ..Richard III. i. l is this t iy vow unto my sickly heart il. I this sickly land ml ht solace as before ii. 3 for he isent sickly ortli .
‎1845
9
My Life Death Book
James P. Esquibel. SICKLY ILL Sickly ill that is what I feel. Every time I think about it I do not know what to feel. Life the truth death the lie my whole being twisting soul, body and mind. Sickly ill forever I feel. Feel life yeah! Feel death aagghh!
James P. Esquibel, 2010
10
The Seven Sisters of Sleep: The Celebrated Drug Classic
Appearances Complains of pain in abdomen; does not look sickly Sickly looking; does not complain Diarrhoea, and complains Complains, but does not look sickly Complains, but does not look sickly Looks sickly, and complains Looks sickly ...
Mordecai Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SICKLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sickly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Liam Neeson -- Healthy As a Horse ... Despite Sickly Photo
0728-liam-neeson-getty-01 Liam Neeson had fans worried when he was spotted over the weekend looking frail and gaunt ... but his rep says the "Taken" star is ... «TMZ.com, Jul 15»
2
Airline stops redhead from boarding due to white 'sickly' skin
Etihad Airways has apologized to a Scottish family after airline staff prevented a redheaded teen with a naturally pale complexion from boarding, saying she ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
3
Testino's portrait of William and Kate is a sickly sweet lie
Testino's portrait of William and Kate is a sickly sweet lie ... a childhood, presented on a platter to the world by a three-star chef of sickly sweet pictorial cuisine. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Fugitive African Warlord Joseph Kony Is Said To Be Sickly
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The fugitive leader of the Lord's Resistance Army is sickly and in retreat from an international manhunt that includes U.S. forces, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
5
China, Greece and Puerto Rico: Sickly But Not Yet Contagious
Events scattered across three continents serve as a reminder that the global economy remains a treacherous place. A steepening stock market selloff prompted ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
6
Should I get rid of my sickly rhododendron?
Emailer Miriam Bentsen is having problems with her sickly rhodendron. She says that before replanting part of her garden, she had a very old rhododendron ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
7
Cotton Candy Frappuccinos introduced at Starbucks, plus 5 other …
Cotton Candy Frappuccinos introduced at Starbucks, plus 5 other sickly-sweet flavors. By Mark Frauenfelder at 9:49 am Mon, Jun 8, 2015 ... «Boing Boing, Jun 15»
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Opinion: Here's your only safe bet in this sickly stock market
In this challenging market, investors seem to be looking over their shoulders constantly for fear they will either be buying a top or missing the next rotation. «MarketWatch, May 15»
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Action News Investigates: Babies born premature, sickly and …
Duval County has become ground zero for a disturbing health crisis, and the worst part is that it's completely preventable. A little girl has 10 tiny fingers and 10 ... «ActionNewsJax.com, May 15»
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David Letterman's favorite foil, Hello Deli owner Rupert Jee, is 'sickly
"All I know is that I am sickly sad for David to leave," said Jee. "I have had such a great neighbor." For the past few months, Jee has been sharing his grief with ... «New York Daily News, May 15»

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