1.b> (to, towards) , , ; a sympathetic listener [friend] / []; I did not feel at all sympathetic towards her ; a sympathetic attitude ; she just needed someone who would lend a sympathetic ear to her once in a while , ;
2.b> (to, towards) , i> ; , (, i>); he was sympathetic to their views ; to be sympathetic to the party's aims / ; Russian newspapers are largely sympathetic to the president / ; the Labour party are supposed to be sympathetic to / towards / the unions , / ; did he give your proposal a sympathetic hearing? / ?
3.b> .i> , / , ( i>); a sympathetic character in a novel / ; I don't find her a very sympathetic person / .