Providential

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}, {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: {divine}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "providential":
     God-given, accorded, allowed, anticipant, anticipatory,
     appropriate, auspicious, befitting, benignant, bestowed, blessed,
     blessed with luck, clairvoyant, convenient, divinatory, expedient,
     farseeing, farsighted, favorable, favored, felicitous, fit,
     fitting, forehanded, foreknowing, foreseeing, foresighted,
     forethoughted, forethoughtful, fortunate, given, granted,
     gratuitous, happy, in luck, intuitive, kind, kindly, longsighted,
     lucky, meet, opportune, precognitive, precognizant, prepared,
     prescient, propitious, provident, prudent, ready, ripe, sagacious,
     seasonable, sortable, suitable, timely, vouchsafed, well,
     well-timed
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

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