adverb
- in a manner that causes nausea or disgust; in a way that makes one feel sick
Usage: uncommon
Examples
- The room smelled sickishly of rotting food.
- The candy was sickishly sweet and made her stomach turn.
- He smiled sickishly at the compliment he didn’t deserve.
- The paint had dried to a sickishly yellow color.
- The medicine tasted sickishly bitter.