providential (adj.)

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

  2. peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention; a heaven-sent rain saved the crops; a providential recovery

    [ Syn: heaven-sent , miraculous ]

  3. resulting from divine providence; providential care; a providential visitation

    [ Syn: divine ]

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