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providential
What does providential mean?
providential (adjective): peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use providential in a sentence?
- A providential recovery. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does providential come from?
From Latin prōvidentia (“providence”) + English -al.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “providential” mean?
peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention
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deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle
Not quite: that's what disloyal means.
of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; trivial
Not quite: that's what frivolous means.
commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position
Not quite: that's what venerable means.
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