| Pronunciation: | | `prâvi'denshul
|
|
|
| |
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [adj] peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention; "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"; "a providential recovery"
- [adj] resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a providential visitation"
- [adj] relating to or characteristic of providence; "assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan"- M.R.Cohen
|
| |
PROVIDENTIAL is a 12 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | divine, fortunate, heavenly, heaven-sent, miraculous |
| |
|
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \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.
|
| |
