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providentially |
2 definitions found 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]: 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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