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sympathetic
1 : existing or operating through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association
2 a : appropriate to one's mood, inclinations, or disposition b : marked by kindly or pleased appreciation
3 : given to, marked by, or arising from sympathy, compassion, friendliness, and sensitivity to others' emotions
4 : favorably inclined : approving
5 a : showing empathy b : arousing sympathy or compassion
6 a : of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system b : mediated by or acting on the sympathetic nerves
7 : relating to musical tones produced by sympathetic vibration or to strings so tuned as to sound by sympathetic vibration
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