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mercifully
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial mercifully has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mercifully, adv.
1 in a merciful manner.
2 (qualifying a whole sentence) fortunately (mercifully, the sun came out).
1 in a merciful manner.
2 (qualifying a whole sentence) fortunately (mercifully, the sun came out).
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