compassionately
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com·pas·sion·ate
(kəm-păsh′ə-nĭt)adj.
1. Feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic.
2. Granted to an individual because of an emergency or other unusual circumstances: compassionate military leave.
tr.v. (-nāt′) com·pas·sion·at·ed, com·pas·sion·at·ing, com·pas·sion·ates
To pity.
com·pas′sion·ate·ly adv.
com·pas′sion·ate·ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | compassionately - in a compassionate manner; "the nurse looked at him pityingly" |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
compassionately
[kəmˈpæʃənətli] adv → avec compassioncompassion fatigue n lassitude du public à l'égard des campagnes de bienfaisancecompass point n (= direction) → point m cardinalCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
compassionately
adv → voll Mitgefühl
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