mercifully

1. 1.

   in a compassionate manner

   “he dealt with the thief mercifully”

Questions about mercifully

What does mercifully mean?

mercifully means "in a compassionate manner".

How many syllables are in mercifully?

mercifully has 4 syllables: mer-ci-ful-ly. The stress falls on "mer". In IPA it is /ˈmɝsɪfəˌli/.

Is mercifully a common word?

mercifully is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mercifully?

42 words rhyme with mercifully. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.