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providential

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++prov·i·den·tial /ˌprɒvɪˈdenʃəl◂ $ ˌprɑː-/ adjective formal  LUCKYa providential event is a lucky one 幸运的,凑巧的providentially adverb
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providentialBlackwell's arrival at that moment was providential.The appearance of Marshall Lee Miller to handle his defence against the passport violation charge had seemed more than just providential.They warned that politicians, once infused with a sense of providential mission, could morph into smarmy tyrants.To Robyn, it seemed a providential opportunity to make another - this time decisive - break with Charles.Change haunts Spenser, even when he acknowledges that a providential order is operating.Nevertheless, Freud did detect a providential, protective element in the superego.Thanks to that providential snowstorm the attack had been repulsed.As for the scene in the Sammath Naur, it is even more providential than it looks.
a lucky Corpus a event providential one is


providential
providential /ˌprɒvəˈdenʃəl◂, ˌprɒvɪˈdenʃəl◂ $ ˌprɑː-/ adjective formal
a providential event is a lucky one
—providentially adverb


provi·den·tialBrE /ˌprɒvɪˈdenʃl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌprɑːvɪˈdenʃl/ 🔊 adjective (formal) lucky because it happens at the right time, but without being planned 天缘巧合的;及时的;适时的 SYN timely provi·den·tial·ly BrE /ˌprɒvɪˈdenʃəli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌprɑːvɪˈdenʃəli/ 🔊 adverb