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merciful
01
showing kindness, forgiveness, or compassion toward others
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most merciful
Comparative
more merciful
gradable
Examples
The judge was merciful and gave a lighter sentence.
02
performing mild exercises to prepare for some more strenuous activity
03
(used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious
Lexical Tree
mercifully
mercifulness
unmerciful
merciful
mercy
