Kurt Cobain mercifully killed the 80s.
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Mercifully
/ˈmɝ.sɪf(.ə)li/
Synonyms for "mercifully" (11 found)
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Adverb(3 words)
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Related words (5)
Adverb(4 words)
Noun(1 words)
more humanely
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5 entriesmercifully calm demeanormercifully few errorsmercifully lenient sentencemercifully short timemercifully spared from punishment
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2 entriesmore mercifullymost mercifully
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The whole Planet of the Apes set-up has been ripe for metaphor – from slavery and Afro-American revolution to European conquest of the Americas, even the war on terror. But mercifully, there's no big subtext being troweled on here.
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The fruits of these kickstarted endeavors began to show in 1915, first in the deployment of a new range of depth charges. These were, mercifully, smaller than Jellicoe's "crushing hand of God" prototype, and, whilst practically just as lethal to submarines, they were significantly less risky to the launching ship, and could also be carried in larger numbers.
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