Sympathetically
[,simpə'θetikli]
Definition
(adv.) with respect to the sympathetic nervous system; 'the stimulus acted sympathetically'.
(adv.) in a sympathetic manner; 'she listened to him sympathetically'.
Typed by Ernestine--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a sympathetic manner.
Editor: Margaret
Examples
- Yielding, therefore, the chair at the bedside to the quaint old housekeeper, Volumnia sits at a table a little removed, sympathetically sighing. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And what, my old lady,' inquired Mr Boffin, when he also had sympathetically laughed: 'what's your views on the subject of the Bower? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As I cleared, Joe cleared, and it seemed as though he had sympathetically arrived at a resolution too. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It gives a start to a delicate female, says Mr. Bucket sympathetically, but it'll wear off. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I only want sympathy, do you see: I want somebody I can talk to sympathetically. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As she handed back the reins, she said sympathetically: Did you have such a lot of tiresome things to do? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And there IS nobody to talk to sympathetically. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Living in such intimacy as ours, no serious alteration could take place in any one of us which did not sympathetically affect the others. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Editor: Margaret