sympathetically

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“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

I've wondered about it during the surprise 2020 "Megxit" to the United States, while watching the sympathetically constructed 2022 docuseries "Harry & Meghan" and lately, witnessing Meghan's high-profile blitz of slenderly related new ventures.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2025

He was raised by his grandparents, “Mamaw” and “Papaw”, whom he sympathetically portrayed in his 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2024

“I’m terribly sorry,” said Milo sympathetically as the three of them went to console her.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster