ad. Owing to or showing evidence of "sympathy", or affinity; happening through or demonstrating correspondences, whether occult or physiological.
ad. In a manner which demonstrates a sharing in the feelings of others; compassionately.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ad. In a sympathetic manner.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In a sympathetic manner; with sympathy, in any sense; in consequence of sympathy, or sympathetic interaction or interdependence.
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ad. in a sympathetic manner
ad. with respect to the sympathetic nervous system
Word Usage
"Last year he wrote an article for Spin sympathetically exploring the complexities of the relationship between Mary Kay Tourneau, the Seattle teacher convicted of statutory rape, and her teenage lover."