mercifully
adverb approving uk/ˈmɜː.sɪ.fəl.i/ us/ˈmɝː.sɪ.fəl.i/
宽大地;慈悲地，仁慈地
in a way that makes you grateful because it stops something unpleasant
His suffering was mercifully brief. 幸运的是，他的痛苦很短暂。
The tombs are among the finest in the country, and mercifully free of tourists.
See: merciful
- More examples
- He died last month, aged 91, after a mercifully short illness.
- I mercifully don't have to work for financial reasons - I just work on things that I believe in.
- Mercifully, the country's economy is not only under control but booming.