sympathetically

Thân thiện

She listened to him sympathetically as he shared his story.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In a manner showing understanding, care, or compassion: Acting or responding with kindness and sensitivity to someone's feelings, situation, or difficulties.
   • In a manner showing agreement or favor: Reacting with approval or support for an idea, cause, or proposal.
   • In a manner relating to the sympathetic nervous system: Functioning in a way connected to the part of the nervous system that controls involuntary bodily responses.

Usage Examples

• Showing understanding or compassion:
  • The teacher nodded sympathetically as the student explained his family problems.
  • He spoke sympathetically to the victims of the accident.
• Showing agreement or favor:
  • The council looked sympathetically upon the proposal for a new park.
• Relating to the nervous system (technical):
  • The drug acts sympathetically to increase the heart rate.

Advanced Usage

• "to listen sympathetically": to pay attention to someone's problems with kindness and a desire to understand.
  • A good friend always listens sympathetically.
• "to view/regard something sympathetically": to consider something with a favorable or supportive attitude.
  • The judge viewed the defendant's circumstances sympathetically.

Variants and Related Words

• Sympathetic (adjective): feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy.
  • She gave me a sympathetic smile.
• Sympathy (noun): feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune; understanding between people; common feeling.
  • I have great sympathy for their loss.

Synonyms

• Compassionately: in a way that shows deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering.
• Understandingly: in a manner that shows comprehension and tolerance.
• Supportively: in a way that provides encouragement or help.

Antonyms

• Unsympathetically: in an unsympathetic manner.
• Callously: in a way that shows an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
• Harshly: in a severe, cruel, or unkind manner.

Related Phrases

• To be sympathetic to/towards: to be in agreement with or supportive of.
  • The government is more sympathetic to environmental concerns now.
• A sympathetic ear: a willingness to listen to someone's problems.
  • She always offers a sympathetic ear when I need to talk.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in a sympathetic manner
   • she listened to him sympathetically
2. with respect to the sympathetic nervous system
   • the stimulus acted sympathetically

Từ đồng nghĩa

• empathetically