Origin: Latin suffix -al
Providential has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention
"a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"
"a providential recovery"
relating to or characteristic of providence
"assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan"
resulting from divine providence
"providential care"
"a providential visitation"
Pertaining to divine providence.