mercifully
adverb/ˈmɜːsɪfəli/
/ˈmɜːrsɪfəli/
- used to show that you feel somebody/something is lucky because a situation could have been much worse synonym thankfully
- Deaths from the disease are mercifully rare.
- Mercifully, everyone arrived on time.
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- in a kind way
- He was treated mercifully.
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