say it: sim-puh-THET-i-kuh-lee
sympathetically is an adverb meaning "with respect to the sympathetic nervous system". It carries 2 recorded senses.
with respect to the sympathetic nervous system
“the stimulus acted sympathetically”
in a sympathetic manner
“she listened to him sympathetically”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sympathetically come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.