mercifully

adverb

mer·​ci·​ful·​ly ˈmər-si-f(ə-)lē 

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

Here's a two-hour hover, mercifully compressed into a 30-second time-lapse video that still manages to get boring. —New Atlas, 8 May 2025

There is enough meat here for more than one earnest debate-play, but mercifully, Rosenbatt hasn’t written it. —David Benedict, Variety, 7 May 2025

Finally, 42 hours into the draft, the Cleveland Browns, who on Friday night raised eyebrows with the third-round selection of Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel, mercifully called Sanders to welcome him to the franchise. —Mike Jones, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025

He was mercifully pulled in favor of Calvin Pickard during a media timeout with 9:30 left in the third period after allowing five goals on 28 shots. —Eric Stephens, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for mercifully

• unmercifully