sick ‧ ly /ˈsɪkli/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ sick , the sick, ↑ sickness , ↑ sicko ; adjective : ↑ sick , ↑ sickening , ↑ sickly ; adverb : ↑ sickeningly , ↑ sickly ; verb : ↑ sicken ]
1 . a sickly person or animal is weak, unhealthy, and often ill:
a sickly child
She looked pale and sickly.
2 . especially British English a sickly smell, taste etc is unpleasant and makes you feel sick:
A sickly smell clung to his clothes and hair.
3 . a sickly colour or light is unpleasantly pale or weak:
The walls were painted a sickly green.
a pale sickly moon
—sickly adverb :
a sickly sweet perfume