merciful
Origin of merciful
1Other words for merciful
Opposites for merciful
Other words from merciful
- mer·ci·ful·ly, adverb
- mer·ci·ful·ness, noun
- o·ver·mer·ci·ful, adjective
- o·ver·mer·ci·ful·ly, adverb
- o·ver·mer·ci·ful·ness, noun
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How to use merciful in a sentence
Rosina, when she saw me cooling, had no such merciful contraption ready.
Why is Putin feeling so merciful all of a sudden to his political enemies?
The death carried an all-the-more-powerful message because Julius Caesar was famously merciful to defeated enemies.
All Muslims assert that God is most merciful, most compassionate.
I'd been so irrationally certain of merciful miracles; he was supposed to live forever.
But with no Devil the belief in a merciful and loving Heavenly Father becomes impossible.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordBut this theory of a merciful, and loving Heavenly Father is vital to the Christian religion.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordHe longed for death with a full and yearning desire, and he could kiss the hand that would be merciful and give the fatal blow.
Her face was grey as the one from which she drew the merciful coverings, but her eyes went fearlessly to that which she sought.
Uncanny Tales | Various"It has been a most merciful escape," Maloney said, his pulpit voice struggling with his emotion.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon Blackwood
British Dictionary definitions for merciful
/ (ˈmɜːsɪfʊl) /
showing or giving mercy; compassionate
Derived forms of merciful
- mercifulness, noun
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