What does merciful mean?
Merciful means Showing mercy..
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/ˈmɜːsɪfl̩/ · adjective
Showing mercy..
`Listen, Holly. Thou art a good and honest man, and I fain would spare thee; but, oh! it is so hard for woman to be merciful.'
The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.
Use merciful when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Merciful means Showing mercy..
Common synonyms include clement, lenient, merciable, mercied.
Possible antonyms include cruel, inclement, merciless, relentless.
`Listen, Holly. Thou art a good and honest man, and I fain would spare thee; but, oh! it is so hard for woman to be merciful.'
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