Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a merciful manner; with compassion or pity; in mercy; tenderly; mildly: as, mercifully spared.
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- adverb In a
merciful manner.
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- adverb in a compassionate manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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When his term mercifully expires next year, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will be leaving the Golden State in the worst condition than at any time its history.
Joseph A. Palermo: California Democrats: "Spreading the Pain" from Sacramento 2009
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By the time the school sausages had been shown to us and refused for the 87th consecutive time and Latin mercifully dispatched I had, in turn, commanded the
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I'm attending a history conference this weekend, which makes this weekly Robin mercifully short.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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[A] wry new memoir … [Kamen] intertwines her journey (which, mercifully, is often comical) with the latest medical research.
All In My Head: Summary and book reviews of All In My Head by Paula Kamen. 2005
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The men opened a store in a settlement called Bayou Sara, which "sat beside a leisurely stream once known as Bayou Gonorrhea, the origin of that name mercifully forgotten," Mr. Davis writes.
When the Bayou Broke Away Stuart Ferguson 2011
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Let me back up and say they also get a book that is what my wife calls mercifully short.
Deadlines & Datelines: Essays at the Turn of the Century 1999
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Nick Moreno roped a grand slam and Reed Brown hit a solo shot to power an offense that scored in all but one inning before finally being called mercifully in the sixth inning.
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Nick Moreno roped a grand slam and Reed Brown hit a solo shot to power an offense that scored in all but one inning before finally being called mercifully in the sixth inning.
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Much of the privileged leadership of the Ancien Régime had lost their heads to the guillotine, a device invented to "mercifully" eliminate an entire class of people.
Rodney Punt: Cherubini's Medea to Launch Long Beach Opera's New Season Rodney Punt 2011
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Much of the privileged leadership of the Ancien Régime had lost their heads to the guillotine, a device invented to "mercifully" eliminate an entire class of people.
Rodney Punt: Cherubini's Medea to Launch Long Beach Opera's New Season Rodney Punt 2011
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