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.
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Fey was only engaged to Richmond at the time, not married, and at least in the clip of the sketch played during Fey's interview, Richmond was mercifully only standing, not hanging suspended from a rope.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2025
This year’s field is mercifully free of a Skin or a Two Distant Strangers, and the two nominees most plugged in to the current political moment have none of the cloying obviousness that usually marks an Oscar short.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Her face on her computer screen, caught in the gaze of her webcam, was mercifully small, its eyes frozen in desperate concentration.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Their second-half performance against fourth-bottom Wolves at Anfield on Sunday was odd but familiar, a curious loss of composure that has cropped up a few times this season but, mercifully for them, has not actually cost them too many points yet.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2025
This year’s field is mercifully free of a Skin or a Two Distant Strangers, and the two nominees most plugged in to the current political moment have none of the cloying obviousness that usually marks an Oscar short.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Her face on her computer screen, caught in the gaze of her webcam, was mercifully small, its eyes frozen in desperate concentration.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Their second-half performance against fourth-bottom Wolves at Anfield on Sunday was odd but familiar, a curious loss of composure that has cropped up a few times this season but, mercifully for them, has not actually cost them too many points yet.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mercifully
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“Mercifully.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mercifully. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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