The phrase "actually sympathetic" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express that someone or something is genuinely understanding or compassionate, often in contrast to a previous assumption or belief.
Example: "Despite his tough exterior, he was actually sympathetic to her struggles and offered his support."
Alternatives: "truly compassionate" or "genuinely understanding".
Rose (Lauren German), a celebrity journalist, is actually sympathetic and mildly intriguing.
(In that one he played both extremes at once: a child molester who is actually sympathetic).
Yet, by the time Ms. Edelstein plays the scene in which Ms. Dietrich staggers home after aborting Jimmy Stewart's baby, she has created a deeply felt if not actually sympathetic character.
And to complicate matters in South Korea, some new-right scholars are actually sympathetic to Japan's colonial rule in Korea, a view the government cannot possibly be seen to be condoning.Efforts by the conservative government of Park Geun-hye to rewrite textbooks in South Korea have triggered a political backlash.
He said that, behind the scenes, many are actually sympathetic to the White House's concerns.
I am actually sympathetic to the argument that people should not be forced to buy a product.
They actually have sympathetic allies in Congress and on the courts, keen to implement their agenda.
But some people may actually be sympathetic but just irritated by me, my syntax, that's possible".
Ironically, heavier comedians, actors, and the characters they play are actually more sympathetic, and easier for audiences to identify with, than the svelte.
"It was clear that Offenbach really intended that the one character who was actually a sympathetic tragic heroine" — Antonia — "should have an act to herself in the middle of the piece," Mr. Levine said in an interview last week, "and that the doll, who is not actually a human being, is allied to the Prologue and the courtesan is allied to the Epilogue.
The kind of image Kuhn wanted to transform was the a-historical, rational reconstruction sought by many of the Logical Positivists, though Carnap and other positivists were actually quite sympathetic to Kuhn's views.
