sympathetically

1. 1.

   with respect to the sympathetic nervous system

   “the stimulus acted sympathetically”
2. 2.

   in a sympathetic manner

   “she listened to him sympathetically”

   Synonymsempathetically

   Antonymsunsympathetically

Questions about sympathetically

What does sympathetically mean?

sympathetically means "with respect to the sympathetic nervous system". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sympathetically?

sympathetically has 6 syllables: sym-pa-thet-i-cal-ly. The stress falls on "thet". In IPA it is /ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪkəli/.