providential

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(prŏv'ĭ-dĕn'shəl) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of or resulting from divine providence.
  2. Happening as if through divine intervention; opportune. See synonyms at happy.
providentially prov'i·den'tial·ly adv.

Roget's Thesaurus:

providential

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adjective

    Characterized by luck or good fortune: fortunate, happy, lucky. See luck/misfortune/chance.

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adj

Definition: opportune
Antonyms: inopportune

Devil's Dictionary:

providential

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce


adj.

Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing it.


Translations:

Providential

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - styret af forsynet, heldig

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorzieningen voor de toekomst treffend, als door de voorzienigheid

Français (French)
adj. - providentiel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - durch die (göttl.) Vorsehung bestimmt od. bewirkt, glücklich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - θεόπεμπτος, θεόσταλτος

Italiano (Italian)
provvidenziale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - providencial

Русский (Russian)
посланный провидением, счастливый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - providencial

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - försynens

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
上帝的, 天佑的, 根据神意的, 幸运的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 上帝的, 天佑的, 根據神意的, 幸運的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 조심스럽게

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 摂理の, 幸運な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) (نعمه) من الرعايه الالهيه, أتى في وقته‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בחסדי שמיים, בר-מזל‬


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