sympathetically
Americanadverb
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But the scenes she’s devised for these sympathetically difficult oddballs go nowhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
A spokesperson said the couple had sought to deliver a "highly sustainable home that has been sympathetically designed".
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
“I don’t want you—I want Walter!” she snaps at her computer companion when he responds sympathetically to a sudden, anguished access of grief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Mui nods sympathetically and shares that she can relate.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025
Simmon said sympathetically as he took my elbow and steered me toward another one of the grey University buildings.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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