English Dictionary
◊ PROVIDENTIAL
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}]