Happy
Happy adjective - Coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly.
Sympathetic and happy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sympathetic" instead an adjective "Happy".
Sympathetic
Sympathetic adjective - Having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another.
Happy and sympathetic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Happy" instead an adjective "Sympathetic".
Both words in one sentence
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The American characters are pretty sympathetic, if a bit trigger-happy (many of them are, after all, FBI agents).
Source: Eagleland -
Gamel, one of the Greeed, is by far the most sympathetic of the Greeed, being a childish simpleton who doesn't care about doing evil things, and only wants to make Mezool happy.
Source: Tragic Villain -
Maybe the author realizes the fans wouldn't be too happy about seeing the death of a sympathetic or popular character you originally planned to kill off (not that it stops a few people).
Source: What Could Have Been
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