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Recent Examples of sympathetically
Safdie sympathetically, vividly recounts the pressure to win, the violence in the ring, the addiction that saw Kerr OD twice.
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Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
Curtis a prominent liberal-leaning figure speaking sympathetically about a conservative activist, is an unusual cross-ideological expression of mourning.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Maura’s performance makes Maria Angeles so magnetic and eccentric — earthily practical on some matters, dizzily irrational on others, and sympathetically true to herself on all fronts — that all the film’s other players want for detail and texture by comparison.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Others view Russia sympathetically.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
The scholar Philip Smith shows how Paddington films released in the second decade of the twenty-first century provided Brits with a sympathetically multicultural narrative that stood in opposition to anti-immigrant discourse.
—Daniel Horowitz
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Yet Ruth, a generous coming-of-age story, portrays this cloistered place sympathetically, if often with a wink.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
Curtis a prominent liberal-leaning figure speaking sympathetically about a conservative activist, is an unusual cross-ideological expression of mourning.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Maura’s performance makes Maria Angeles so magnetic and eccentric — earthily practical on some matters, dizzily irrational on others, and sympathetically true to herself on all fronts — that all the film’s other players want for detail and texture by comparison.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Others view Russia sympathetically.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
The scholar Philip Smith shows how Paddington films released in the second decade of the twenty-first century provided Brits with a sympathetically multicultural narrative that stood in opposition to anti-immigrant discourse.
—Daniel Horowitz
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Yet Ruth, a generous coming-of-age story, portrays this cloistered place sympathetically, if often with a wink.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sympathetically
Adverb
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Harris compassionately explored these issues that many women faced later in life — and which rarely went represented on television.—
Time,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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Each was compassionately euthanized Thursday.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The officer calmly and sweetly talks to the dog, calling to Moose to get the canine to come closer.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Ryan Gareis connected sweetly with the ball on her left foot, sending it across the face of the goal and into the upper right corner, far out of reach of goalkeeper and Brazilian international Lorena.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Many San Diegans would respectfully disagree.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Oct. 2025
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This shapes everything from knocking respectfully before entering a room to making complex medical choices with empathy.—
Prof. Dr. med. Mazda Farshad,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Fiercely and humanely protect whatever gives you the most joy and grounding as it is needed to provide the core energy and wellspring from which everything else flows.—
Kat McGowan,
NPR,
18 Oct. 2025
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After consulting with multiple veterinarians, facility staff made the choice to humanely euthanize him early Wednesday.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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But Kane didn’t make that shirt and politely declined to comment on it.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
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The experience was, politely stated, a rocky one.—
Jeff Pearlman,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Princess Bride is superbly planned and deferentially orchestrated — its theme fits its telling.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Even so, more than 70% of teens have used AI companions and half use them regularly, according to a recent study from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that studies and advocates for using screens and digital media sensibly.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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The inexperienced head coach has sensibly made only minor tweaks since taking over, sticking with the compact, direct football that has served Brentford so well.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Sympathetically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sympathetically. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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