providential

providential
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • providenţial — PROVIDENŢIÁL, Ă, providenţiali, e, adj. Dat, trimis de providenţă; p. ext. care apare la momentul potrivit, printr o întâmplare favorabilă ieşită din comun; excepţional, deosebit. [pr.: ţi al] – Din fr. providentiel. Trimis de oprocopiuc,… …   Dicționar Român

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • providential — index auspicious, favorable (advantageous), fitting, fortuitous, opportune, propitious, prosperous …   Law dictionary

  • providential — 1640s, “pertaining to divine providence,” from L. providentia (see PROVIDENCE (Cf. providence)) + AL (Cf. al) (1). Meaning “by divine interposition” is recorded from 1719. Related: Providentially …   Etymology dictionary

  • providential — *lucky, fortunate, happy Analogous words: benign, auspicious, propitious, *favorable: benignant, kindly, #kind …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • providential — ► ADJECTIVE 1) occurring at a favourable time; opportune. 2) involving divine foresight or interference. DERIVATIVES providentially adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • providential — [präv΄ə den′shəl] adj. [< L providentia + AL] of, by, or as if decreed by divine providence providentially adv …   English World dictionary

  • providential — [[t]prɒ̱vɪde̱nʃ(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED A providential event is lucky because it happens at exactly the right time. [FORMAL] He explained the yellow fever epidemic as a providential act to discourage urban growth... The pistols were loaded so our… …   English dictionary

  • providential — providentially, adv. /prov i den sheuhl/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care. 2. opportune, fortunate, or lucky: a providential event. [1640 50; < L providenti(a) PROVIDENCE + AL1] Syn. 2. happy. * * …   Universalium

  • providential — /prɒvəˈdɛnʃəl/ (say provuh denshuhl) adjective 1. of, relating to, or proceeding from divine providence: providential care. 2. opportune, fortunate, or lucky: a providential occurrence. –providentially, adverb …  

  • providential — adjective Date: 1648 1. of, relating to, or determined by Providence 2. archaic marked by foresight ; prudent 3. occurring by or as if by an intervention of Providence < a providential escape > Synonyms: see lucky • providentially adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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