Synonyms of mercifully

mercifully

adverb

as in sympathetically

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of mercifully

Less mercifully, Brady was in the broadcast booth for Fox calling the Super Bowl rematch between the Chiefs and 49ers. —Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024

Her outfits are mercifully uncontaminated by everyday labor. —Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024

In June there are midsommar festivals garlanded with wild flowers—mercifully unlike Midsommar, save for the maypoles that stand tall in nearly every village. —Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2024

The 20-minute introduction feels designed to establish a future sequel, as a policeman is led to an old man wistfully sitting by the shore, who then (mercifully) regales him with the movie’s actual story, which plays out entirely in flashbacks. —Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024