sym·pa·thet·ic 
(sĭm′pə-thĕtĭk)
(sĭm′pə-thĕtĭk)adj.
1. Of, expressing, feeling, or resulting from sympathy: a sympathetic glance.
2. Favorably inclined: not at all sympathetic to her proposal.
3. Agreeably suited to one's disposition or mood; congenial: sympathetic surroundings.
4. Of, relating to, or acting on the sympathetic nervous system: a sympathetic neuron; sympathetic stimulation.
5.
a. Relating to or being vibrations, especially musical tones, produced in one body by energy from a nearby vibrating body and having the same frequency as the vibration of the nearby body.
b. Emitting such vibrations: sympathetic strings.
[Greek sumpathētikos, from sumpatheia, sympathy; see SYMPATHY.]
sym′pa·theti·cal·ly adv.