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mercifully

/ˈmɜː.sɪf.(ə.)li/ UK
/ˈmɝ.sɪf.(ə.)li/ US

adverb more mercifully · most mercifully

In a merciful manner.
Thankfully. 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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@misc{mercifully_2026,
  title = {mercifully},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mercifully},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}