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merciful adjective ( EVENT/SITUATION )
/ˈmɜː.sɪ.fəl/
/ˈmɝː-/ adj approving Definition
describes an event or situation which you are grateful for because it stops something unpleasant
After such a long illness, her death came as a merciful release.
mercifully adverb
/ˈmɜː.sɪ.fəl.i//ˈmɝː-/ adv approving (Definition of merciful adjective (EVENT/SITUATION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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