'Mercifully' definitions:
Definition of 'mercifully'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In a compassionate manner; "he dealt with the thief mercifully"
Definition of 'Mercifully'
From: GCIDE
- Merciful \Mer"ci*ful\, a. [Mercy + -ful.]
- 1. Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. Opposite of merciless. [1913 Webster]
- The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious. --Ex. xxxiv. 6. [1913 Webster]
- Be merciful, great duke, to men of mold. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Unwilling to give pain; compassionate. [1913 Webster]
- A merciful man will be merciful to his beast. --Old Proverb. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Compassionate; tender; humane; gracious; kind; mild; clement; benignant. [1913 Webster] -- {Mer"ci*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Mer"ci*ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]