Definition of Sicklying

1. sickly [v] - See also: sickly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sicklying

sickles
sickless
sickleweed golden aster
sicklewort
sicklied
sicklier
sicklies
sickliest
sicklily
sickliness
sicklinesses
sickling
sickly
sickly-sweet
sickly sweet
sicklying (current term)
sickness
sickness benefit
sickness impact profile
sicknesses
sicko
sickoes
sickos
sickout
sickouts
sickroom
sickrooms
sicks
siclike
sics

Literary usage of Sicklying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Blindman's World and Other Stories by Edward Bellamy (1898)
"He imagined the first beginnings of suspicion; he saw it filming the eyes of his acquaintances, then of his friends, and at last sicklying over the face ..."

2. Speeches by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1891)
"... experience and intellect undisturbed ; the doubt which smiled at action without making it less ardent or sicklying o'er the native hue of resolution. ..."

3. Speeches by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1891)
"... experience and intellect undisturbed ; the doubt which smiled at action without making it less ardent or sicklying o'er the native hue of resolution. ..."

4. Problems of the Future and Essays by Samuel Laing (1890)
"He must have felt the irresolution, the despondency, the metaphysical thought sicklying over the " native hue of resolution," the burden of life almost too ..."

5. The Blindman's World and Other Stories by Edward Bellamy (1898)
"He imagined the first beginnings of suspicion; he saw it filming the eyes of his acquaintances, then of his friends, and at last sicklying over the face ..."

6. Speeches by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1891)
"... experience and intellect undisturbed ; the doubt which smiled at action without making it less ardent or sicklying o'er the native hue of resolution. ..."

7. Speeches by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1891)
"... experience and intellect undisturbed ; the doubt which smiled at action without making it less ardent or sicklying o'er the native hue of resolution. ..."

8. Problems of the Future and Essays by Samuel Laing (1890)
"He must have felt the irresolution, the despondency, the metaphysical thought sicklying over the " native hue of resolution," the burden of life almost too ..."

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