Overview of adj sickly
The adj sickly has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) sallow, sickly -- (unhealthy looking)
2. ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, unwell -- (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")
Antonyms of adj sickly
2 senses of sickly
Sense 1
sallow, sickly
INDIRECT (VIA unhealthy) -> healthy
Sense 2
ailing, indisposed, peaked(prenominal), poorly(prenominal), sickly, unwell
INDIRECT (VIA ill) -> well
Similarity of adj sickly
2 senses of sickly
Sense 1
sallow, sickly
=> unhealthy (vs. healthy)
Sense 2
ailing, indisposed, peaked(prenominal), poorly(prenominal), sickly, unwell
=> ill (vs. well), sick
Attributes of adj sickly
Familiarity of adj sickly
sickly used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Grep of adj sickly
sickly
Overview of adj sickly
The adj sickly has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) sallow, sickly -- (unhealthy looking)
2. ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, unwell -- (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")
sickly definition
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