sicker
1 Americanadjective
adjective
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safe from danger; secure.
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dependable; trustworthy.
adverb
Etymology
Origin of sicker
before 900; Middle English siker, Old English sicor; cognate with Dutch zeker, German sicher, all ≪ Latin sēcūrus; secure
Example Sentences
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My stomach felt as if I had swallowed a handful of cockleburs and I was sicker than I had ever been in my life.
From Literature
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“I think he’s running out of steam,” a few of my D.C. happy hour comrades confessed Wednesday after the hearings, “Or he’s really sicker than he lets on.”
From Salon
Ergo, insurers must be coding them as being sicker than they are.
Those who lose health insurance will skip medications and primary care and subsequently get sicker and end up in the emergency room, explained Goel.
From Los Angeles Times
But as our nation gets sicker, we won’t be able to turn to our health care system.
From Salon
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