empathetic

empathetic
empathetically, empathically, adv.
/em'peuh thet"ik/, adj.
of, pertaining to, or characterized by empathy: a sensitive, empathetic school counselor.
Also, empathic /em path"ik/.
[1930-35; EMPATH(Y) + -ETIC]

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