indulgently vs sympathetically

indulgently

adv
  • In an indulgent manner. 

sympathetically

adv
  • In a manner which demonstrates a sharing in the feelings of others; compassionately. 

  • Owing to or showing evidence of sympathy, or affinity; happening through or demonstrating correspondences, whether occult or physiological. 

How often have the words indulgently and sympathetically occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )