mercifully
adverb
mer·ci·ful·ly
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Definition of mercifully
1
: in a merciful manner
2
: fortunately sense 2
mercifully we didn't have to attend the meeting
Examples of mercifully in a Sentence
His crimes have been dealt with mercifully.
Mercifully, the professor always makes our tests easy.
Recent Examples on the Web
Obé’s live classes are intense and, mercifully, short. — Maggie Bullock, Vogue, "Is Telefitness the Wave of the Future? Or Another Way Tech Is Keeping Us Apart?," 15 May 2019 Minshew mercifully was lifted after going 7-for-14 for 46 yards. — David Ginsburg, orlandosentinel.com, "Lamar Jackson, Ravens’ defense combine to blank Jaguars 29-0," 8 Aug. 2019 Literature also seems mercifully free of the idea, so prevalent among music-lovers and opera fans, that reinterpretation poses some kind of threat to the original text. — Washington Post, "Women give voice to a male canon. It happens to be ancient Greek.," 12 July 2019 And then, mercifully, the outbreak in West Africa ended. — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, "The Airplanes That Rescue Ebola Patients," 5 July 2019 The trade will finally be ratified on Saturday when the NBA’s moratorium period mercifully ends. — Jake Fischer, SI.com, "Zion Williamson Creates Raucous Atmosphere in Summer League Debut," 5 July 2019 Your fondness for or access to wine doesn’t even depend on it, mercifully. — Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, "Friends offer unsolicited advice," 22 July 2019 Your fondness for or access to wine doesn’t even depend on it, mercifully. — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, "Carolyn Hax: Her friends’ pro bono advice isn’t helping things," 21 July 2019 Your fondness for or access to wine doesn’t even depend on it, mercifully. — Carolyn Hax, oregonlive.com, "Carolyn Hax: For non-lawyers, friends sure have a lot of opinions on the law," 21 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mercifully.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for mercifully
mercifully
adverb
English Language Learners Definition of mercifully
: in a kind or merciful way
: in a good or lucky way
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