providentially
adverb
formaluk/ˌprɒv.ɪˈden.ʃəl.i/us/ˌprɑː.vəˈden.ʃəl.i/in a way thathappensexactlywhenneededbut without beingplanned:
Theloudmusicprovidentiallydrownedout theconversation.
Providentially, aneighbourstoppedby just then.
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providential
- Aphilanthropist, providentiallymovedby thebeautyof thebuilding, made asubstantialdonationrestorationfund.
- She got intobedwith the newhotwaterbottleshe’d providentially been given forChristmas.
- Aplannedattackprovidentiallyfailed.
Fate and destiny
- align
- break
- Damocles
- destined
- destiny
- fatalism
- fate
- fated
- ill-fated
- ill-starred
- in the lap of the godsidiom
- lap
- lightning
- luckless
- predestination
- predestined
- preordain
- providence
- sword of Damoclesidiom
- written in the starsidiom