sympathisingly

English

Etymology

sympathising +‎ -ly

Adverb

sympathisingly (comparative more sympathisingly, superlative most sympathisingly)

  1. Alternative form of sympathizingly
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXIX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 323:
      Had the reproaches been more biting, or the taunts more keen, Buckingham might have been amused by them; but, such as they were, they proved exceedingly tiresome; and weariness took the form of pity for Francesca. "He will certainly talk the poor girl to death," thought he; and he looked sympathisingly on her pale and melancholy countenance.
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