compassionate
adjective
having or showing compassion.
compassionately
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a word derived from
compassionate.
Example Sentences
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She treats him compassionately, seeing him as a person with an unusually difficult background, and wants us to relate to him as though, given similar bad luck, we could easily be in his position.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Meghan also showed her warmth, whether listening intently and compassionately to survivors of the Bondi Beach attack, or telling a young boy how much her children loved the Australian book Diary of a Wombat.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
A friend or family member might serve more compassionately as conservator.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026
“You can’t describe the situation and logically or compassionately say, ‘We’re going to play,’” Tagliabue told NFL.com in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
Seeing him lost in the labyrinths of kinship, trembling with uncertainty, the arthritic priest, who was watching him from his hammock, asked him compassionately what his name was.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
