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sympathetically

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sym·pa·thet·ic  (smp-thtk)
adj.
1. Of, expressing, feeling, or resulting from sympathy: a sympathetic glance.
2. Favorably inclined: not at all sympathetic to her proposal.
3. Agreeably suited to one's disposition or mood; congenial: sympathetic surroundings.
4. Of, relating to, or acting on the sympathetic nervous system: a sympathetic neuron; sympathetic stimulation.
5.
a. Relating to or being vibrations, especially musical tones, produced in one body by energy from a nearby vibrating body and having the same frequency as the vibration of the nearby body.
b. Emitting such vibrations: sympathetic strings.

[Greek sumpathtikos, from sumpatheia, sympathy; see sympathy.]

sympa·theti·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.sympathetically - with respect to the sympathetic nervous system; "the stimulus acted sympathetically"
2.sympathetically - in a sympathetic manner; "she listened to him sympathetically"
unsympathetically - without sympathy; in an unsympathetic manner; "the judge listened to the accused unsympathetically"

sympathetically
adverb feelingly, kindly, understandingly, warmly, with interest, with feeling, sensitively, with compassion, appreciatively, perceptively, responsively, warm-heartedly She nodded sympathetically.
Translations
sympathetically [ˌsɪmpəˈθetɪkəlɪ] ADV (= showing pity) → con compasión; (= with understanding) → con comprensión
she looked at me sympatheticallyme miró compasiva
the book has been sympathetically adapted for the screenel libro ha sido llevado a la pantalla con gran esmero
sympathetically [ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪkəli] adv
(= compassionately) → avec compassion
(= approvingly) → avec bienveillance
sympathetically
adv (= showing pity)mitfühlend; (= with understanding)verständnisvoll; (= well-disposed)wohlwollend; to be sympathetically inclined toward(s) somebody/somethingjdm/einer Sache wohlwollend gegenüberstehen; to respond/vibrate sympathetically (Phys etc) → mitreagieren/-schwingen
sympathetically [ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪklɪ] adv (see adj) → in modo compassionevole, con comprensione
sympathetically [ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪklɪ] adv (see adj) → in modo compassionevole, con comprensione


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Whether any of the relatives of the seamen whose names appeared there were now among the congregation, I knew not; but so many are the unrecorded accidents in the fishery, and so plainly did several women present wear the countenance if not the trappings of some unceasing grief, that I feel sure that here before me were assembled those, in whose unhealing hearts the sight of those bleak tablets sympathetically caused the old wounds to bleed afresh.
My fancy played with the various forms of fraud and violence, and I agreed with him sympathetically when he remarked that the authorities in the old country were so damned technical.
I imagine what you have gone through," and she sympathetically turned up her eyes.
 
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