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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 1.6 [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" [syn:
{divine}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
PROVIDENTIAL, adj Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the
person so describing it
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