sicklily
/ˈsɪkəli/
adverb
- In a way that is pale, weak, or unhealthy in appearance.
- She smiled sicklily, her face drained of color.
- The light flickered sicklily, casting strange shadows.
- The plant grew sicklily in the poor soil.
- In a way that is excessively sentimental or mawkish.
- He wrote sicklily about love, full of clichés.
- The movie ended sicklily with a tearful reunion.
- The song's lyrics were sicklily sweet.