Brain Game: Oh, Mercy!

Good luck with today's mentalfloss.com Brain Game Wednesday Wordplay challenge. Some prefer to work these puzzles backward, so tackle it as you see fit:

By adding one letter in each step and rearranging the others as necessary to form English words, build A into HUMANELY.

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H U M A N E L Y