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.
Recent Examples on the Web
These will continue long after the wars mercifully come to an end.
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William Lambers, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2024
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—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
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William Lambers, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2024
When those were added back in, the standings changed a bit — though mercifully, our overall winner (as well as the Podcast League and Staff League winners) stayed the same.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
Assassinations have been a fact of American political life throughout our history, though mercifully not in recent decades.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
NerdWallet’s Dashboard NerdWallet’s dashboard is a mercifully short page.
—PCMAG, 24 June 2024
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“Mercifully.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mercifully. Accessed 18 Sep. 2024.
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