Usually means: Showing compassion or forgiveness gently.
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  1. mercifully: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mercifully: Merriam-Webster
  3. mercifully: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mercifully: Collins English Dictionary
  5. mercifully: Vocabulary.com
  6. Mercifully, mercifully: Wordnik
  7. mercifully: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. mercifully: Wiktionary
  9. mercifully: Dictionary.com
  10. mercifully: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Mercifully: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. mercifully: Rhymezone
  13. mercifully: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. mercifully: FreeDictionary.org
  15. mercifully: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. mercifully: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. mercifully: Legal dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In a merciful manner.
▸ adverb:  Thankfully.

Similar:
with mercy, unmercifully, clemently, leniently, benevolently, ruthfully, charitably, beneficently, mercilessly, munificently, more...

Opposite:
cruelly, harshly, unkindly, mercilessly

Types:
merciful, merciful death, merciful release, merciful God, merciful Buddha, merciful Allah, more...

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Similar:
with mercy, unmercifully, clemently, leniently, benevolently, ruthfully, charitably, beneficently, mercilessly, munificently, more...

Opposite:
cruelly, harshly, unkindly, mercilessly

Types:
merciful, merciful death, merciful release, merciful God, merciful Buddha, merciful Allah, more...

Colors:
    sky blue,     lavender,     soft pink,     mint green,     pale yellow, more...



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