Definition of "mercifully" []

• In a merciful manner. (adverb)

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• "When his term mercifully expires next year, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will be leaving the Golden State in the worst condition than at any time its history."
• "By the time the school sausages had been shown to us and refused for the 87th consecutive time and Latin mercifully dispatched I had, in turn, commanded the"
• "I'm attending a history conference this weekend, which makes this weekly Robin mercifully short."