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Sympathetic

[adj] having similar disposition and tastes; "a compatible married couple"; "with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion"
[adj] relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body; "sympathetic vibration"
[adj] showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"
[adj] expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward; "sympathetic to the students' cause"; "a sympathetic observer"; "a sympathetic gesture"
[adj] (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play"
[adj] (physiology; anatomy) of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system; "sympathetic neurons"; "sympathetic stimulation"


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