SYMPATHETIC

Function: Adjective

Comparative and superlative forms: more sympathetic; most sympathetic

Meanings:

1- Feeling or showing concern about someone who is in a bad situation : having or showing feelings of sympathy

e.g.: He received much help from sympathetic friends.

Note: This sense of sympathetic is often followed by to or toward.
e.g.: She is very sympathetic to/toward the poor.

2 - Not used before a noun : having or showing support for or approval of something — often followed by to or toward
e.g.: He was not sympathetic to/toward their cause. He did not support their cause.

3 - Having pleasant or appealing qualities : causing feelings of sympathy
e.g.: The book doesn't really have any sympathetic likable characters. I didn't find the hero in the movie very sympathetic.

Derived form:
Sympathetically adverb
e.g.: She sympathetically asked how she could help. The character was treated sympathetically.