I have no means of judging if it be poorer or sicklier or; more wretched than usual.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Nor is this hope that of a feminine vanity, a sicklier craving for applause; it identifies itself with glorious services to our land, to our race, to the children of all after time.
"Kenelm Chillingly, Book 8."
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
He walked in a dream that filled him with a sense of sickly torture, commixed with sicklier delight.
"Rousseau Volumes I. and II."
John Morley