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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmɜːsɪfl̩/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈmɝsɪfl̩/
• ハイフネーション: mer‧ci‧ful

形容詞

merciful (comparative more merciful, superlative most merciful)

1. Showing mercy.

   Synonyms: pitiful, relentful, ruthful; see also Thesaurus:merciful

   Antonyms: cruel, merciless; see also Thesaurus:cruel

   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     `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.'

   • 1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:

     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.

派生語

アナグラム

• crimeful