Sickly Definition & Meaning
sickly
- adjective
- unhealthy looking
- 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" in song lyrics
See how sickly is used in real songs:
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"My whole click be sickly"
Channel Live f/ Method Man — Ghetto B.I. -
"Therefore; your mechanism of material better be sickly"
GZA — Breaker, Breaker -
"He used to quiver quickly to load love and unload until I started to feel sickly"
Josh Martinez — Breakdown
Words that rhyme with sickly
Usage tips for "sickly"
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