adverb.
Owing to or showing evidence of "sympathy", or affinity; happening through or demonstrating correspondences, whether occult or physiological.
adverb.
In a manner which demonstrates a sharing in the feelings of others; compassionately.
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adverb.
in a sympathetic manner
adverb.
with respect to the sympathetic nervous system
Word Usage
"Last year he wrote an article for Spin sympathetically exploring the complexities of the relationship between Mary Kay Tourneau, the Seattle teacher convicted of statutory rape, and her teenage lover."