sickly meaning and definition

SICKLY adjective

Definition of sickly (adjective)

1. unhealthy looking
   • synonyms: sallow
2. somewhat ill or prone to illness
   • "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work"
   • synonyms: ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, seedy, under the weather, unwell