Found 2 items, similar to providential.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: 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”; “a providential visitation” [syn: divine]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Providential Providential \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. [1913 Webster]