sickish
adjective
somewhat sick or ill.
sickishly
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a word derived from
sickish.
Example Sentences
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Never a good sailor, Samuel Insull tossed sickishly about on his little freighter reeking of stale oil and garlic and whimpered that shiploads of U. S. pirates were lying in wait to kidnap him.
From Time Magazine Archive
I enter a small room with a heavy desk, a yellow light shining sickishly on the dark green walls.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
Her heart was dropping, dropping sickishly, into unending space.
From The Palace of Darkened Windows by Edmund Frederick
"The man 's crazy," he muttered sickishly, rising.
From The Day of Days An Extravaganza by Arthur William Brown
We often ate the sickishly sweet little pears that were seen in profusion.
From A Gold Hunter's Experience by Chalkley J. Hambleton
