providentially

1. 1.

   in a fortunately providential manner

   “providentially the weather remained good”
2. 2.

   in a providential manner; as determined by providence

   “his providentially destined role”
3. 3.

   in a prudent manner

   “I had allotted my own bedroom for necking, prudently removing both the bed and the key, and taken both myself and my typewriter into my son's bedroom.”

   Synonymsprudently

Questions about providentially

What does providentially mean?

providentially means "in a fortunately providential manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in providentially?

providentially has 6 syllables: pro-vi-den-ti-al-ly. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for providentially?

Close synonyms include prudently. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is providentially a common word?

providentially is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.