† improviˈdentially,adv.Obs. [f.prec. 2 + -ly2.] = next. 1797Holcroft Stolberg's Trav. (ed. 2) III. lxxxiii. 330 Chesnuts, which the mother, not improvidentially, had put in her pocket.1819Crabbe T. of Hall 32 The younger..had rather improvidentially but happily married.