empathically

Sensing another's emotions

Empathically means in a manner that shows empathy—understanding and sharing another's feelings: She listened empathically as he described his struggles.

The word emphasizes emotional attunement rather than mere sympathy.

Sometimes confused with emphatically, which means forcefully or with emphasis.

connected

resonantly

With sustained vibration

rapport · bonding · kinship · closeness · togetherness · mutually · reciprocally · relatedly · responsively · openly

compassionately

sympathetically

With shared feeling

warmly · gently · sensitively · understandingly · soothingly · comfortingly · supportively · benevolently · mercifully · graciously

intuitively

perceptively

With keen awareness

clairvoyantly · telepathically · sensing · reading · feeling · discerning · divining · perceiving · absorbing · mirroring

Opposites
emotional attunement

empathicallycoldly

Without emotional warmth

detachedly · unfeelingly · callously · heartlessly · dispassionately

cognitive engagement with others

empathicallyobliviously

Without conscious awareness

narcissistically · insensitively · thoughtlessly · dismissively · contemptuously

self vs. other orientation

empathicallyselfishly

In a self-centered manner

egotistically · narcissistically · inconsiderately · thoughtlessly

Family

empathy, sympathy, sympathetic, apathetic, apathy, sympathize, empathetic, sympathizer, empathize

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