Meaning & use
Sickly
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Frequently ill or having a weak, unhealthy appearance; also, unpleasantly excessive in a cloying way.
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The sickly child spent much of the winter in bed.
The cake had a sickly sweet frosting that was too much to finish.
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Can describe a person's constitution or, more figuratively, a taste, smell, or color that is unpleasantly excessive.
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