[adjective] -ier, -iestSomeone who is sickly is weak, unhealthy and often ill.He was a very sickly child.Her face was a sickly (= unhealthily pale) colour when she came out of the dentist's.(figurative) That plant looks rather sickly (= weak). Shouldn't you give it some water?
SICKLY
Meaning of SICKLY in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012