Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sickly
Participle: sicklied
Gerund: sicklying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sickly |
| you | sickly |
| he;she;it | sicklies |
| we | sickly |
| you | sickly |
| they | sickly |
Perfect
| I | have sicklied |
| you | have sicklied |
| he;she;it | has sicklied |
| we | have sicklied |
| you | have sicklied |
| they | have sicklied |
Past
| I | sicklied |
| you | sicklied |
| he;she;it | sicklied |
| we | sicklied |
| you | sicklied |
| they | sicklied |
Pluperfect
| I | had sicklied |
| you | had sicklied |
| he;she;it | had sicklied |
| we | had sicklied |
| you | had sicklied |
| they | had sicklied |
Future
| I | will sickly |
| you | will sickly |
| he;she;it | will sickly |
| we | will sickly |
| you | will sickly |
| they | will sickly |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sicklied |
| you | will have sicklied |
| he;she;it | will have sicklied |
| we | will have sicklied |
| you | will have sicklied |
| they | will have sicklied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sickly |
| you | sickly |
| he;she;it | sickly |
| we | sickly |
| you | sickly |
| they | sickly |
Perfect
| I | have sicklied |
| you | have sicklied |
| he;she;it | have sicklied |
| we | have sicklied |
| you | have sicklied |
| they | have sicklied |
Imperfect
| I | sicklied |
| you | sicklied |
| he;she;it | sicklied |
| we | sicklied |
| you | sicklied |
| they | sicklied |
Pluperfect
| I | had sicklied |
| you | had sicklied |
| he;she;it | had sicklied |
| we | had sicklied |
| you | had sicklied |
| they | had sicklied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sickly |
| you | would sickly |
| he;she;it | would sickly |
| we | would sickly |
| you | would sickly |
| they | would sickly |
Perfect
| I | would have sicklied |
| you | would have sicklied |
| he;she;it | would have sicklied |
| we | would have sicklied |
| you | would have sicklied |
| they | would have sicklied |
Imperative
| you | sickly |
| we | Let's sickly |
| you | sickly |
Verbs conjugated like 'sickly'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sickly'
sickle,
fickle,
mickey,
pickle,
sick,
sicken,
sicker,
sicklify,
snickle,
stickle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English seekly, sekely, siklich, sekeliche, equivalent to sick + -ly. Possibly a modification of Old English sīcle (“sickly”) and/or derived from Old Norse sjúkligr (“sickly”). Cognate with Dutch ziekelijk, Middle High German siechlich, Danish sygelig, Swedish sjuklig, Icelandic sjúklegur. The verb is from the adjective.
Sample Sentences
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Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
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And thus the native hue of resolution
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Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought, [c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:]
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Thy Drudge contrives, and in our full career
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Sicklies our hopes with the pale hue of Fear; [1763, Charles Churchill, An Epistle to William Hogarth, London: for the author, page 12:]
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[…]a cancer gnawing at the root of happiness, defeating every aim at permanent good in this world, and sicklying all sublunary joys[…] [1840, S. M. Heaton, edited by George Heaton, Thoughts on the Litany, by a naval officer’s orphan daughter, London: William Edward Painter, Section 4, p. 58:]
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He evidently thinks the sweet little innocents never heard or thought of such a thing before, and would go on burying their curly heads in books, and sicklying their rosy faces with “the pale cast of thought” till the end of time[…] [1862, Gail Hamilton, “Men and Women”, in Country Living and Country Thinking, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, page 109:]
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Ockham was critical of so many of his fellows for sicklying over theology with the obscurities of philosophy. [2000, Ninian Smart, chapter 9, in World Philosophies, New York: Routledge, page 207:]
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1889, Samuel Cox, An Expositor’s Notebook, London: Richard D. Dickinson, 7th edition, Chapter 26, p. 364,
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But the seven most prominent Apostles […] still hang together, their hearts tormented with eager yet sad questionings, their hopes fast sicklying over with the pale hues of doubt.