释义
[ prov-i-den -shuh l ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌprɒv ɪˈdɛn ʃəl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
opportune, fortunate, or lucky: a providential event.
Origin of providential 1640–50; <Latin prōvidenti (a ) providence + -al1
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OTHER WORDS FROM providential prov·i·den·tial·ly, adverb non·prov·i·den·tial, adjective non·prov·i·den·tial·ly, adverb un·prov·i·den·tial, adjective
un·prov·i·den·tial·ly, adverb
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH providential providential , provincialWords nearby providential Providence, Divine, providence in the fall of a sparrow, There's a special, Providencia, provident, provident club, providential , provident society, provider, providing, province, Provincetown
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Example sentences from the Web for providential Many readers understood all manner of news in providential terms.
How the News Business Found Its Footing | Nick Romeo| June 22, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Call it providential , but it is exactly the kind of role with which Anne Heche identifies.
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To return to his present day, his flux capacitor needed a providential shaft of lightning.
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He attended financially to all his children and saw to it that they had providential opportunities.
Castro Family Values | A. L. Bardach| September 20, 2009| DAILY BEAST
Blago is a providential wrongdoer to maintain the Orwellian hate.
My Trial With Blago's Lawyer | Conrad Black| December 26, 2008| DAILY BEAST
And she never doubted that it was a providential guidance that brought her into intimate relations with the infant heiress.
That Fortune | Charles Dudley Warner
The canon of their sacred books, however casual its apparent formation, was indeed a providential development.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 | Various
Melendez promptly availed himself of the Providential event, to insist among his people upon the efficiency of his prayers.
The Lily and the Totem | William Gilmore Simms
At times when we are about to throw up our hands in despair, a providential rain will save the day.
Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol | Henry Harley Arnold
The fame of Washington has not lost in brilliancy since he passed from the world in which he acted such a providential part.
The Land We Live In | Henry Mann
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British Dictionary definitions for providential adjective relating to, characteristic of, or presumed to proceed from or as if from divine providence
Derived forms of providential providentially , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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