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Adjective: providential  `próvi'denshul
  1. Peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention
    "a providential recovery"
    - heaven-sent, miraculous
     
  2. Relating to or characteristic of providence
    "assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan"
     
  3. Resulting from divine providence
    "providential care"; "a providential visitation"
    - divine

See also: fortunate, heavenly, providence, providentially