providentially
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8.8
- adverb
- /prəˈvɪdɛnʃəli/
:
providencialmente
- The storm cleared up providentially, just in time for the outdoor wedding.
So a pantheism, the universe itself is ordered rationally, providentially for the good.
- So a pantheism, the universe itself is ordered rationally, providentially for the good.
- That is the portion of ourselves that God providentially gave to us so that we could develop it.
Examples
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That is the portion of ourselves that God providentially gave to us so that we could develop it.
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Pius XI, who had read LaFarge's book on America's treatment of blacks, told the Jesuit that he believed God had sent LaFarge to Rome, providentially, at a moment when Europe desperately needed to hear a message on race.
Academic text (2010) -
God has providentially ensured through grace that each person has the opportunity to be saved.
Academic text (2011) -
All individuals needed the external restraints providentially furnished by human institutions.
Academic text (1990) -
Because humans often act incorrectly, God cares providentially for individual humans by offering them grace to help them exercise their wills appropriately.
Academic text (2005) -
Providentially, Milton faced no overwhelming environmental (agroecological) constraints on his cropping strategy.
Academic text (1994) -
What would have been a major accident, in which many lives could have been lost, was providentially averted when two trains collided at Mushin Railway Station in the Lagos Mainland on Wednesday.
Blog text (13) -
Though Luther later regarded that episode as a manifestation of God's providentially guiding hand, his father continued to chide him about whether it might not instead reveal the hand of Satan.
Academic text (1994) -
Although the New Divinity deconstructed the national covenant, by the early nineteenth century they asserted that America (read: New England) was providentially favored to carry the gospel overseas.
Academic text (2003) -
So, we have this new, wonderfully readable document, TCTCV, the fruit of three decades of bilateral and multilateral labor, providentially arriving at the same time as an open-hearted and world-engaging bishop occupies the See of Rome.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
62
5.9
In a very surprising way that seems impossible
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6.5
In a way believed to be from God
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5.2
In a way that brings relief and makes you feel thankful
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7.5
By lucky chance when something happens unexpectedly
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7.7
In a way that happens by chance and brings a good result
Antonyms
How Providential
Surface Forms
Morphology
providentially = providential (semi-transparent) = provident + ial + ly
The word is the regular adverbial form of 'providential' with -ly.
Etymology
Providentially comes from the same root as provide and providence, which originally meant 'to see ahead' and 'to give care'. So when something happens providentially, it feels like lucky help arriving at the right time.