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Meaning of
'merciful'
(Webster Dictionary)
1 .
Merciful
[
a.
]
- Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish.
- Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.
Meaning of 'merciful' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 .
merciful
[
a
]
Meaning (1):
- showing or giving mercy
Example in sentence:
a merciful god;
sought merciful treatment for the captives
2 .
merciful
[
s
]
Meaning (2):
- (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious
Example in sentence:
our merciful king
Nearby Words:
meracious
mercable
mercantile
mercaptal
mercaptan
mercaptide
mercat
mercatante
mercator's chart
mercature
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