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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sickly \Sick"ly\, 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]