mercifullyadv.

Brit.

/ˈməːsᵻfᵿli/,

/ˈməːsᵻfl̩i/, U.S.

/ˈmərsəf(ə)li/

Forms: Middle English mercifuliche, Middle English mercifulli, Middle English mercifullie, Middle English–1500s mercyfully, Middle English– mercifully, 1800s mussifully (regional); Scottish pre-1700 marcifullie, pre-1700 mercyfullie, pre-1700 mercyfully, 1700s– mercifully.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: merciful adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < merciful adj. + -ly suffix².With the form mussifully (in quot. 1855), compare mussy n.

In a merciful manner; as a mercy, through (God's) mercy. Later also colloquial: fortunately, thankfully (in later use often as a sentence adverb).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > [adverb] > mercifully

mercifullyc1390

merciably?a1425

misericordiallya1652

clementiously1662

clemently1664

c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 81 (MED) And aftur þat mercifuliche Graunteþ us remission.

a1475 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 150 (MED) Late us be neuer to hym unkynde, Mercyfully þat made vs to be men.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxvi. 2 The redempcioun of man, mercyfully hight, is confermyd on vs.

1544 Letanie in Exhort. vnto Prayer sig. C.ii^v Mercyfully forgyue the synnes of thy people.

1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis i. xvi. 115 When he thus boldly slaughters our brauest and chiefest men, can you thinke, he will deale more mercifully with the rest?

1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur v. 144 Be mercifully Just, severely Kind.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 106 I rejected the Voice of Providence, which had mercifully put me in a Posture or Station of Life, wherein I might have been happy and easy.

1779 J. Duché Disc. I. i. 20 This mortified, penitent, and afflicted state, which is mercifully intended to bring us to a proper sense of our helplessness.

1836 Lady Willoughby de Eresby in C. K. Sharpe Lett. (1888) II. 495 Mrs. Villiers, in galloping to cover..was pitched off,..but mercifully escaped with life and limb.

1855 W. M. Thackeray Let. 27 Nov. (1946) III. 507 Four attacks this month; and yet mussifully I have never missed a lecture.

1903 A. B. Davidson O.T. Prophecy xv. 251 The house of God was at last overthrown though its overthrow was mercifully postponed.

1939 R. Lehmann No more Music 26 We were just beginning on art when you mercifully appeared.

1989 C. Easton Jacqueline du Pré xxv. 202 Mercifully, she could not foresee the seven years of relentlessly diminishing returns that lay ahead.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mercifully
释义	mercifullyadv. Brit. /ˈməːsᵻfᵿli/, /ˈməːsᵻfl̩i/, U.S. /ˈmərsəf(ə)li/ Forms: Middle English mercifuliche, Middle English mercifulli, Middle English mercifullie, Middle English–1500s mercyfully, Middle English– mercifully, 1800s mussifully (regional); Scottish pre-1700 marcifullie, pre-1700 mercyfullie, pre-1700 mercyfully, 1700s– mercifully. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: merciful adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < merciful adj. + -ly suffix².With the form mussifully (in quot. 1855), compare mussy n. In a merciful manner; as a mercy, through (God's) mercy. Later also colloquial: fortunately, thankfully (in later use often as a sentence adverb). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adverb] > mercifully mercifullyc1390 merciably?a1425 misericordiallya1652 clementiously1662 clemently1664 c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 81 (MED) And aftur þat mercifuliche Graunteþ us remission. a1475 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 150 (MED) Late us be neuer to hym unkynde, Mercyfully þat made vs to be men. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxvi. 2 The redempcioun of man, mercyfully hight, is confermyd on vs. 1544 Letanie in Exhort. vnto Prayer sig. C.ii^v Mercyfully forgyue the synnes of thy people. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis i. xvi. 115 When he thus boldly slaughters our brauest and chiefest men, can you thinke, he will deale more mercifully with the rest? 1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur v. 144 Be mercifully Just, severely Kind. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 106 I rejected the Voice of Providence, which had mercifully put me in a Posture or Station of Life, wherein I might have been happy and easy. 1779 J. Duché Disc. I. i. 20 This mortified, penitent, and afflicted state, which is mercifully intended to bring us to a proper sense of our helplessness. 1836 Lady Willoughby de Eresby in C. K. Sharpe Lett. (1888) II. 495 Mrs. Villiers, in galloping to cover..was pitched off,..but mercifully escaped with life and limb. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Let. 27 Nov. (1946) III. 507 Four attacks this month; and yet mussifully I have never missed a lecture. 1903 A. B. Davidson O.T. Prophecy xv. 251 The house of God was at last overthrown though its overthrow was mercifully postponed. 1939 R. Lehmann No more Music 26 We were just beginning on art when you mercifully appeared. 1989 C. Easton Jacqueline du Pré xxv. 202 Mercifully, she could not foresee the seven years of relentlessly diminishing returns that lay ahead. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1390
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