sympathetically

adverb

sym·​pa·​thet·​i·​cal·​ly |ə̇k(ə)lē 

|ēk-, 

-li

: in a sympathetic manner or mood : by reason of sympathy especially through counteraction, consonance, or interdependence

write sympathetically

the crisis must sympathetically affect all nations

the characters are brilliantly observed but not sympathetically understood

—M. R. Ridley

Word History

Etymology

sympathetical + -ly

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Rhymes for sympathetically

• parenthetically
• theoretically
• electrophoretically
• hermetically
• magnetically
• pathetically