MERCIFULLY


Meaning of MERCIFULLY in English

mer ‧ ci ‧ ful ‧ ly /ˈmɜːsɪf ə li $ ˈmɜːr-/ BrE AmE adverb

fortunately or luckily, because a situation could have been much worse:

Mercifully, I managed to stop the car just in time.

The journey was mercifully brief.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.