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- adverb In an
empathetic way.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a sympathetic manner
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Examples
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Fortune reports that Apple "empathetically" denied Steve Jobs 'role in the exchange.
IntoMobile 2010
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The Happy Christians put me up in a quiet guest room, nourished me with homemade curry, and listened empathetically as I talked about my short-lived and highly dysfunctional marriage.
Emma Wilhelm: What Divorce Taught Me About Marriage Emma Wilhelm 2012
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Sean Hannity empathetically or just pathetically gushed that he had googled "Sarah Palin and Tucson shooting" and come up with nearly 10,000 hits.
Craig Alan Silverman: Sarah Palin: Not an Accessory Craig Alan Silverman 2011
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Sean Hannity empathetically or just pathetically gushed that he had googled "Sarah Palin and Tucson shooting" and come up with nearly 10,000 hits.
Craig Alan Silverman: Sarah Palin: Not an Accessory Craig Alan Silverman 2011
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Not one tweet or Facebook status update from any of my favorite companies signaled that they were getting behind if not financially or strategically, then at least empathetically our friends in Japan.
Deron Triff: Social Media 101 for Corporations: Be Human Deron Triff 2011
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The Happy Christians put me up in a quiet guest room, nourished me with homemade curry, and listened empathetically as I talked about my short-lived and highly dysfunctional marriage.
Emma Wilhelm: What Divorce Taught Me About Marriage Emma Wilhelm 2012
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I said nothing, just sat behind my desk, nodding empathetically.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » March : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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Herman Cain empathetically said that if people didn't have jobs, it was just their own damn fault.
Jim Wallis: The Disappearance of the Compassionate Conservatives Jim Wallis 2011
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I was so impressed with how empathetically Haven Kimmel treated all her characters, and I tried to apply that empathy and forgiveness in my own writing, to my interpretations of people, and even to my own past.
Catherine Murdock discusses her first novel, Dairy Queen. 2010
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Not one tweet or Facebook status update from any of my favorite companies signaled that they were getting behind if not financially or strategically, then at least empathetically our friends in Japan.
Deron Triff: Social Media 101 for Corporations: Be Human Deron Triff 2011
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