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Definition of mercifully in English: mercifullyadverb ˈməːsɪfʊliˈməːsɪf(ə)liˈmərsəf(ə)li 1In a merciful manner. 宽大地;仁慈地 Example sentencesExamples - How did it all end, when it eventually and mercifully did?
- Although foot and mouth has mercifully spared Helmsley's farmers so far, they are worried about the potential for infection, he said.
- In both cases we have been mercifully spared the full fury.
- So death then came suddenly and swiftly and mercifully.
- Thankfully, the market forces are mercifully in our favor as there are plans to start a professional cricket league in America.
- How will we wage war mercifully, when he may deliberately move his military forces right next to civilians?
- The wreath tradition stuck around until he mercifully ended it.
- We hung on this way for about 5 years or so and then, mercifully, Cappi's was sold.
- Another factor to why euthanasia is such a difficult subject is that it is a complicated task to decide whether someone is of sound mind, or is justifiable to kill mercifully.
- The very word sickens me, and the thought of my own sisters acting mercifully is almost too much to bear!
- ‘What a strange way to die,’ he thinks, sure that it's all over, but mercifully they are all spared.
- When the referee mercifully signalled a conclusion, the short burst of booing from the supporters became the most eloquent action of a pitiful fixture.
- In the case of the dead, we commend them to the mercy of God (as the Pope did) and ask that he judge them mercifully.
- The squally showers that drenched the area before kick off had mercifully ceased by the time Chris took an early long-range penalty.
- He is more dead than alive, and a diabolic revenge on him might have been to just let him suffer on, rather than mercifully put him out of his misery.
- Israel has a moral responsibility to act justly and mercifully when dealing with her own citizens and others.
- At this point, Zack's Aunt mercifully intervened and took him inside to feed him some pasta and fudgsicles.
2sentence adverb To one's great relief; fortunately. 令人感到宽慰地;幸运地 mercifully, the event passed off without incident Example sentencesExamples - Martin turned the ball over twice and committed two fouls during his mercifully brief stint.
- In a mercifully brief office scene, it becomes clear that Linda is the equivalent of Dracula's Jonathan Harker.
- It was mercifully brief; the preacher lost his balance and fell into the crowd.
- Apart from a savage, but mercifully brief, bout of hitting by Adam Gilchrist in the early overs, the innings had belonged very much to England.
- They are mercifully brief and my replies are even briefer.
- That is the view of two leading experts on the topic who, yesterday, published a mercifully brief and clear summation of the situation.
- The event itself was well organised and mercifully free of the marketing hype that often comes with the introduction of new technology.
- Allie made her way onto the beach, still clumsy legs getting relief in the mercifully soft sand.
- The work is, mercifully, brief, for the ensuing cacophony could deafen even the toughest eardrum.
- Thankfully, Patton's scene amounts to little more than a mercifully brief cameo.
- He lasted for seven more years, and concerning these, the authors are mercifully brief.
- Well at least their introductory sequence and FBI warning is mercifully brief.
- The sudden and, as it turns out, mercifully brief closure of Fibbers threw into sharp relief the lack of venues for live music in York.
- Then there is Currency Lad, who was posting reviews before his mercifully brief retirement.
- The sources of these recessions varied, but all were mercifully brief, thanks in some measure to government policy.
- The first, next Thursday, will involve Gareth and I running off together to be wed in a mercifully brief ceremony.
- It would be mercifully brief, but it probably wouldn't do the sheer awfulness of this film justice.
- Lots of us there lost loved ones, but only for terrifying and mercifully brief moments.
- During her mercifully brief stay she managed to squeeze in the following complaints.
- Stylistically, this mercifully brief book reeks of dissertation padding.
Synonyms luckily, fortunately, happily, thank goodness/God/heavens Definition of mercifully in US English: mercifullyadverbˈmərsəf(ə)liˈmərsəf(ə)lē 1In a merciful manner. 宽大地;仁慈地 Example sentencesExamples - When the referee mercifully signalled a conclusion, the short burst of booing from the supporters became the most eloquent action of a pitiful fixture.
- The very word sickens me, and the thought of my own sisters acting mercifully is almost too much to bear!
- Thankfully, the market forces are mercifully in our favor as there are plans to start a professional cricket league in America.
- At this point, Zack's Aunt mercifully intervened and took him inside to feed him some pasta and fudgsicles.
- Israel has a moral responsibility to act justly and mercifully when dealing with her own citizens and others.
- How will we wage war mercifully, when he may deliberately move his military forces right next to civilians?
- In both cases we have been mercifully spared the full fury.
- ‘What a strange way to die,’ he thinks, sure that it's all over, but mercifully they are all spared.
- In the case of the dead, we commend them to the mercy of God (as the Pope did) and ask that he judge them mercifully.
- We hung on this way for about 5 years or so and then, mercifully, Cappi's was sold.
- So death then came suddenly and swiftly and mercifully.
- The wreath tradition stuck around until he mercifully ended it.
- How did it all end, when it eventually and mercifully did?
- Although foot and mouth has mercifully spared Helmsley's farmers so far, they are worried about the potential for infection, he said.
- He is more dead than alive, and a diabolic revenge on him might have been to just let him suffer on, rather than mercifully put him out of his misery.
- The squally showers that drenched the area before kick off had mercifully ceased by the time Chris took an early long-range penalty.
- Another factor to why euthanasia is such a difficult subject is that it is a complicated task to decide whether someone is of sound mind, or is justifiable to kill mercifully.
2To one's great relief; fortunately. 令人感到宽慰地;幸运地 sentence adverb mercifully, I was able to complete all I had to do within a few days 幸运的是我能够在短短几天内完成我该做的一切。 Example sentencesExamples - The sources of these recessions varied, but all were mercifully brief, thanks in some measure to government policy.
- That is the view of two leading experts on the topic who, yesterday, published a mercifully brief and clear summation of the situation.
- In a mercifully brief office scene, it becomes clear that Linda is the equivalent of Dracula's Jonathan Harker.
- Apart from a savage, but mercifully brief, bout of hitting by Adam Gilchrist in the early overs, the innings had belonged very much to England.
- Then there is Currency Lad, who was posting reviews before his mercifully brief retirement.
- Martin turned the ball over twice and committed two fouls during his mercifully brief stint.
- Lots of us there lost loved ones, but only for terrifying and mercifully brief moments.
- They are mercifully brief and my replies are even briefer.
- Well at least their introductory sequence and FBI warning is mercifully brief.
- During her mercifully brief stay she managed to squeeze in the following complaints.
- It would be mercifully brief, but it probably wouldn't do the sheer awfulness of this film justice.
- He lasted for seven more years, and concerning these, the authors are mercifully brief.
- It was mercifully brief; the preacher lost his balance and fell into the crowd.
- Stylistically, this mercifully brief book reeks of dissertation padding.
- Allie made her way onto the beach, still clumsy legs getting relief in the mercifully soft sand.
- The event itself was well organised and mercifully free of the marketing hype that often comes with the introduction of new technology.
- The first, next Thursday, will involve Gareth and I running off together to be wed in a mercifully brief ceremony.
- The sudden and, as it turns out, mercifully brief closure of Fibbers threw into sharp relief the lack of venues for live music in York.
- Thankfully, Patton's scene amounts to little more than a mercifully brief cameo.
- The work is, mercifully, brief, for the ensuing cacophony could deafen even the toughest eardrum.
Synonyms luckily, fortunately, happily, thank god, thank goodness, thank heavens |