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Adverb: sympathetically  `sim-pu'the-ti-k(u-)lee
  1. With respect to the sympathetic nervous system
    "the stimulus acted sympathetically"
     
  2. In a sympathetic manner
    "she listened to him sympathetically"
    - empathetically

See also: sympathetic

Antonym: unsympathetically

Encyclopedia: Sympathetically