Meaning

2 senses
  1. Owing to or showing evidence of sympathy, or affinity; happening through or demonstrating correspondences, whether occult or physiological.

  2. In a manner which demonstrates a sharing in the feelings of others; compassionately.

More definitions
  • with respect to the sympathetic nervous system
  • in a sympathetic manner

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom nodded sympathetically.

    ruТом сочувственно кивнул.

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  2. Tom smiled sympathetically.

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  3. The boy smiled sympathetically.

    Хлопчик посміхнувся із співчуттям.

    deDer Junge lächelte mitleidig.

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  4. The chaplain listened sympathetically to his parishioner.

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  5. Vladimir asked Martha some questions sympathetically.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

more sympathetically, most sympathetically

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

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