mercifully
/ (ˈmɜːsɪfʊlɪ) /
in a way that shows mercy; compassionately: mercifully put down
(sentence modifier) fortunately; one is relieved to say that: mercifully, all went well
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How to use mercifully in a sentence
mercifully, much of it will be edited out of the televised version.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMurder, drugs, and arson are mercifully absent from his story but many things are different than before.
A Teacher Returns to the Classroom and Gets Schooled | Nick Romeo | September 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe know that, mercifully, democratization scourged us only once in ferociously modern style: during the Civil War.
mercifully, as we pass out of Manhattan and into Brooklyn, the crowd diminishes.
Leaky Ceilings, Catcalls, and Uncaged Pythons: 4 Hours on NYC’s Worst Subway | Kevin Zawacki | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA further experiment to plant elm trees beyond center field was mercifully cut short.
100 Years of Wrigley Field: Are the Chicago Cubs Horrible Because of the Ballpark? | Luke Epplin | March 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The porter of the firm mercifully interposed to rescue Mr Brammel from his dilemma.
In the foreground was a large house of two stories and no architecture whatever, although the roof was mercifully flat.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonSurely life was a horrible dream, and God would mercifully awaken her from it.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellI continued grasping the handle, and mercifully, as the door was plucked from my hand with an irresistible force, I awoke.
A Thin Ghost and Others | M. R. (Montague Rhodes) JamesDale went down on his knees, a small blue hole showing where the bullet mercifully had struck his heart.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh Pendexter
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