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overmerciful

overmerciful adjective: excessively merciful.

Adjective

overmerciful (comparative more overmerciful, superlative most overmerciful)

  1. Excessively merciful.

Forms of overmerciful

comparativemore overmerciful
superlativemost overmerciful

Origin of overmerciful

From over- + merciful.

Questions about overmerciful

What does overmerciful mean?
Overmerciful means excessively merciful.
What part of speech is overmerciful?
Overmerciful is an adjective.

Words near overmerciful in the dictionary

  1. overmelted
  2. overmelting
  3. overmelts
  4. overmen
  5. overmentioned
  6. overmerciful
  7. overmerit
  8. overmerry
  9. overmethylation
  10. overmeticulous
  11. overmeticulously

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