Dictionary Check: providential

"providential" is a valid word!

Scrabble 18 points
Words with Friends 22 points

Definition

adjective

peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention

Example: "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"
adjective

relating to or characteristic of providence

Example: "assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan"
adjective

resulting from divine providence

Example: "providential care"
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