Hypertext Webster Gateway: "providentially"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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." [syn: {prudently}] [ant: {imprudently}]
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