LekhoriLekhoriFrequently ill or in poor health; weakly.
a sickly child
Not in good health; (somewhat) sick.
Yes, bring me word, boy, if thy lord look well, For he went sickly forth:
Characterized by poor or unhealthy growth. (of a plant
[...] the good wheat on this land had turned sickly and yellow.
To make (something) sickly.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought,
To become sickly.
In a sick manner; in a way that reflects or causes sickness.
sickly pale; to cough sickly
From Middle English seekly, sekely, siklich, sekeliche, equivalent to sick + -ly. Possibly a modification of Old English sīcle (“sickly”) and/or derived from Old Norse sjúkligr (“sickly”). Cognate wit...
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1889, Samuel Cox, An Expositor’s Notebook, London: Richard D. Dickinson, 7th edition, Chapter 26, p. 364, But the seven most prominent Apostles […] still hang together, their hearts tormented with eager yet sad questionings, their hopes fast sicklying over with the pale hues of doubt.