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empathically

empathically

1 4.9
In a way that shows you understand and share another person's feelings
  • adverb
  • /ˌɛmpəˈθɪkli/
translation icon : con empatía
  • Understanding how empathy works can help social workers "in the trenches" connect more empathically with clients from a wider range of sociocultural backgrounds.
  • respond empathically

I tried to do the right thing versus actually, empathically doing the right thing.

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Examples

  • Self-regulatory skills to master temperamental reactions permit children to respond more empathically to others.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The other will observe the interaction empathically without being actively engaged.

    Academic text (2000)

  • I tried to do the right thing versus actually, empathically doing the right thing.

    DoctorRamani

  • The individuals may grow musically and empathically together.

    Academic text (2015)

  • First, we need to empathically "sit in the seats of our audiences" and envision our concerts from their perspective.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Similarly, when members of a chamber ensemble rehearse and perform together, making joint decisions on tempo, cues, and balance, they grow musically and empathically together.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Popenhagen and Qualley (1998) offer perhaps the most practical advice for classroom teachers, instructing teachers to (1) realize that discussing suicide with a suicidal person will not increase the risk of suicide, (2) listen empathically, and (3) address their own difficulties in discussing the topic of suicide.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The therapist listened empathically to her client's concerns, ensuring he felt understood and supported.

  • Engaging empathically with her friends' struggles helped her provide the right kind of comfort they needed.

  • To communicate empathically, he made sure to acknowledge her feelings and respond with kindness.

Synonyms

sympathetically
vsempathically
10 3.3

In a kind, understanding way toward someone's feelings

involves sharing the other's feelings directly rather than offering distant comfort
sensitively
vsempathically
5 4.2

In a way that shows care for other people's feelings and needs

involves sharing feelings emotionally rather than just careful behaviour
compassionately
vsempathically
4 3.0

In a kind way that shows care for people who are suffering

focuses on sharing emotional experience rather than mainly offering care
empathetically
vsempathically
1 5.3

In a way that shows you understand and care about another person's feelings

has identical meaning but is an alternate spelling

How Empathic

empathically
1 4.9
coldly
30 4.0

Surface Forms

empathically positive

Morphology

empathically = empathic (transparent) = empathy + ic + ally

The adverb is a straightforward derivation from the adjective 'empathic' by adding the adverbial suffix '-ally'; the meaning is directly interpretable from 'empathy' → 'empathic' → 'empathically'.

Etymology

The word empathically comes from empathy, which breaks into em- meaning 'in' and path meaning 'feeling', the same root you see in sympathy. So, to act empathically is to 'feel into' another person, showing you understand and share their feelings.