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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention;
- Example: "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"
- Example: "a providential recovery"
[syn: heaven-sent, providential, miraculous]

2. relating to or characteristic of providence;
- Example: "assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan"- M.R.Cohen

3. resulting from divine providence;
- Example: "providential care"
- Example: "a providential visitation"
[syn: providential, divine]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Providential \Prov`i*den"tial\, a. [Cf. F. providentiel.]
   Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or
   superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a
   providential escape. -- Prov"i*den"tial*ly, adv.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

providential
    adj 1: peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine
           intervention; "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"; "a
           providential recovery" [syn: heaven-sent,
           providential, miraculous]
    2: relating to or characteristic of providence; "assumption that
       nature operates only according to a providential plan"-
       M.R.Cohen
    3: resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a
       providential visitation" [syn: providential, divine]


The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

PROVIDENTIAL, adj.  Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the
person so describing it.