Definition of "sympathetic" []

• Of, expressing, feeling, or resulting from sympathy: a sympathetic glance. (adjective)
• Favorably inclined: not at all sympathetic to her proposal. (adjective)
• Agreeably suited to one's disposition or mood; congenial: sympathetic surroundings. (adjective)
• Of, relating to, or acting on the sympathetic nervous system: a sympathetic neuron; sympathetic stimulation. (adjective)
• Relating to or being vibrations, especially musical tones, produced in one body by energy from a nearby vibrating body and having the same frequency as the vibration of the nearby body. (adjective)

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• "A biographer should be sympathetic; not blind, not indulgent, but _sympathetic_."
• "Fandral, his expression sympathetic, interjected, You are weary, Hamuul, and I have been remiss in my treatment of you."
• "The suit glanced over, his expression sympathetic."