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English Dictionary: providentially by the DICT Development Group
2 results for providentially
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
providentially
adv
  1. in a fortunately providential manner; "providentially the weather remained good"
  2. in a providential manner; as determined by providence; "his providentially destined role"
  3. in a prudent manner; "I had allotted my own bedroom for necking, prudently removing both the bed and the key, and taken both myself and my typewriter into my son's bedroom."
    Synonym(s): prudently, providentially
    Antonym(s): imprudently
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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