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merciful

[mur-si-fuhl] Example Sentences Origin

mer·ci·ful

[mur-si-fuhl]
adjective
full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see mercy, -ful

mer·ci·ful·ly, adverb
mer·ci·ful·ness, noun
o·ver·mer·ci·ful, adjective
o·ver·mer·ci·ful·ly, adverb
o·ver·mer·ci·ful·ness, noun


kind, clement, lenient, forgiving, benignant, tender, sympathetic.


cruel, relentless.

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Merciful is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
Example Sentences
  • Nor is the playwright's merciful quality to be relegated to the retro stack.
  • Inflation would have been higher but for a merciful reduction in prices from an unlikely source.
  • Romano, told reporters that his client had come forward today so that she could bring the matter to a merciful conclusion.
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merciful (ˈmɜːsɪfʊl)
 
adj
showing or giving mercy; compassionate
 
'mercifulness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

merciful
c.1300; see mercy + -ful. Related: Mercifully.
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