qualmish

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To be frank, I felt qualmish, and though I did not exactly say as much, having a sober regard for the censure of my friend, yet, in a measure, I did indeed voice my doubts.

From The God of Love by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

Stiff, qualmish, vacant of body, heart, and brain, I left my penitential boulder and crawled down to the road.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Flattery is the destruction of all good fellowship; it is like a qualmish liqueur in the midst of a bottle of wine.

From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Yet, notwithstanding folks might scout it, It suited qualmish Spinsters, who fell sick, And didn’t wish the world to know about it.

From Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers." by Colman, George

"If Britannia rules the waves," said a qualmish writing-master, going to Margate last week in a storm, "I wish she'd rule 'em straighter."

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 331, September 13, 1828 by Various