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Adverb for weak and unhealthy
“During the 19th century it had a reputation in Britain as a restorative food for invalids and sickly children, and was added to their diet in various forms.”
Adverb for excessively sentimental or mawkish
“Hawley achieves the difficult task of walking the tightrope between sweet and sickly sweet, between sentiment and sentimentality.”
Adverb for having the appearance of sickness or ill health
“She could have easily passed for a corpse, complete with a sickly pale complexion and dark circles under blood-shot eyes.”
(of a flavour, smell, colour, etc.) Adverb for unpleasant in a way that induces discomfort or nausea
“Usually I hated the sickly smell of vanilla but today it was soothing.”
(colloquial) Adverb for weak in character, lacking determination or willpower
Adverb for suffering from an illness or disease or feeling unwell
Adverb for lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness
Adverb for disgusting or offensive
Adverb for very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
Adverb for very strong
Adverb for characterized by an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease
Adverb for shabby and squalid
Adverb for making fun of death, illness, or misfortune
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