ˈmercifully

/ ˈmɜːsɪfʊlɪ /

adverb

in a way that shows mercy; compassionately
mercifully put down
sentence modifier fortunately; one is relieved to say that
mercifully, all went well

Mercifully, much of it will be edited out of the televised version.

Murder, drugs, and arson are mercifully absent from his story but many things are different than before.

We know that, mercifully, democratization scourged us only once in ferociously modern style: during the Civil War.

Mercifully, as we pass out of Manhattan and into Brooklyn, the crowd diminishes.

A further experiment to plant elm trees beyond center field was mercifully cut short.

The porter of the firm mercifully interposed to rescue Mr Brammel from his dilemma.

In the foreground was a large house of two stories and no architecture whatever, although the roof was mercifully flat.

Surely life was a horrible dream, and God would mercifully awaken her from it.

I continued grasping the handle, and mercifully, as the door was plucked from my hand with an irresistible force, I awoke.

Dale went down on his knees, a small blue hole showing where the bullet mercifully had struck his heart.

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