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单词 mercifully
释义

mercifully

adverb

mer·​ci·​ful·​ly ˈmər-si-f(ə-)lē How to pronounce mercifully (audio)
1
: in a merciful manner
2
: fortunately sense 2
mercifully we didn't have to attend the meeting

Example Sentences

His crimes have been dealt with mercifully. Mercifully, the professor always makes our tests easy.
Recent Examples on the Web After a mercifully quiet summer, the stock market is going to have a lot to react to this month. Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 7 Sep. 2022 This weekend, the Oakland County fixture will notch its 25th edition, bringing more than 200 performers, 150 artists and 50 food vendors to downtown Royal Oak, with a four-day weather outlook that — at the moment — is mercifully free of rain. Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2022 The new room has the same roses on the wall, but mercifully faded. Mavis Gallant, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2022 The next four days will be increasingly hot, with although overnight lows will remain mercifully low, in the 60s. oregonlive, 13 Aug. 2022 This weird, compelling, investigative podcast unwinds a satisfyingly twisty tale that’s mercifully free of blood and violence. Simon Hill, Wired, 4 Aug. 2022 After a physical win over South Carolina, the undefeated Tide badly needed the bye week that would mercifully arrive after 60 heart-pounding minutes, thanks to one rather large arm. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 23 Aug. 2022 Today, the pontoons sit ashore, mercifully redundant. Gertrude Kitongo, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022 After his sixth straight day of practice, with the temperature mercifully under 90 degrees, Isaiah Likely headed for one end of an autograph line spanning the length of a football field at the Ravens’ facility in Owings Mills. Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

mercifully

adverb

as in graciously

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • graciously
  • charitably
  • sympathetically
  • compassionately
  • lovingly
  • humanely
  • tolerantly
  • benevolently
  • understandingly
  • considerately
  • tenderly
  • cordially
  • lightly
  • kindly
  • softheartedly
  • benignantly
  • leniently
  • gently
  • mildly
  • softly
  • clemently

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • brutally
  • severely
  • hardly
  • oppressively
  • harshly
  • sternly
  • ill
  • stiffly
  • roughly
  • ruthlessly
  • mercilessly
  • hard
  • heartlessly
  • pitilessly
  • unmercifully
  • callously
  • obdurately
  • unfeelingly
  • tyrannically
  • inhumanly
  • insensitively
  • unsparingly
  • inhumanely
  • uncharitably
  • viciously
  • savagely
  • brutishly
  • abusively
  • cold-bloodedly
  • insensately
  • hard-heartedly
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