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sickly-sweet

sickly-sweet is the alternative spelling of sickly sweet.

Meaning of sickly sweet

Adjective

sickly sweet (comparative more sickly sweet, superlative most sickly sweet)

  1. Too sweet; sickeningly sweet or sentimental.

Questions about sickly-sweet

What is sickly-sweet the alternative spelling of?
Sickly-sweet is the alternative spelling of sickly sweet.

Words near sickly-sweet in the dictionary

  1. sicklings
  2. sicklist
  3. sicklists
  4. sickly
  5. sickly sweet
  6. sickly-sweet
  7. sicklying
  8. sickman
  9. sickmen
  10. sicknes
  11. sickneses

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