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Sympathetic

adjective

Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system. "Sympathetic stimulation"

Expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward. "A sympathetic observer" , "A sympathetic gesture"

Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity. Synonyms: benevolent, charitable, good-hearted, kindly, large-hearted, openhearted. "Kindly criticism" , "A kindly act" , "Sympathetic words" , "A large-hearted mentor"

(of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings. Synonyms: appealing, likable, likeable.

Having similar disposition and tastes.

Relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body. Synonym: harmonic.

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"Sympathetic" Quotes from Famous Books

... say, he received it. There was that in the "noticeable man with large grey eyes" which drew the love of his friends and the regard of acquaintance. His talk had the quality of his Ancient Mariner's; one could not choose but hear. The accounts which we have of that, however, are mainly sympathetic; it is not so certain how it affected hearers who were ...

— In a Green Shade - A Country Commentary • Maurice Hewlett

... brachial nerves when the neighbouring artery was implicated. The only obvious symptoms occurring, however, were laryngeal paralysis and acceleration of the pulse. As the latter symptom was often observed in the cases of arterio-venous communication, wherever situated, and as the sympathetic nerve also lay in close contiguity to the wound track, it was difficult to ascribe it with certainty solely to the vagus lesion. In the two cases of high vagus injury the laryngeal paralysis steadily improved, and at the end of six months was apparently well; in the two others it persisted ...

— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins

... passed they gave it a sympathetic glance, for it made a harmonious impression, and the subject ...

— Tales of Two Countries • Alexander Kielland

... asked to show himself to the circle. He said 'Not now, but at Cambridge House.' At the meeting which took place there, not everybody was sympathetic, and the results were poor, except that Mr. Stead came to them in short sharp flashes dressed exactly as he was ...

— Indian Ghost Stories - Second Edition • S. Mukerji

... forty, her bank-book showed a credit of two thousand dollars, and she possessed two false teeth and a sympathetic heart. Many people have married whose chances to do so were much inferior ...

— Sixes and Sevens • O. Henry

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