providentially
As if fated
Providentially means by fortunate chance or as if guided by divine providence.
The word suggests that events worked out favorably, often implying luck or higher intervention: Providentially, the rain stopped just as the ceremony began.
It can carry religious overtones or simply mean luckily, depending on context.
By favorable circumstance
- luckilyBy good fortune
- blessedReceiving divine favor
- advantageousProviding benefit or gain
- beneficialProducing good results
favorable · windfall · boon · serendipity · charmed · golden · happy · gifted
Decided in advance
- fatedDetermined by destiny
- predestinedDecided in advance
- foreordainedDecided in advance unavoidably
- inevitableCertain to occur
decreed · written · meant to be · kismet · karma · prophesied · foretold · predetermined
Favorable in timing
- well-timedHappening at the best moment
- seasonableSuited to the period
- propitiousFavorable for success
- fortuitousHappening by lucky chance
apt · fitting · coincidental · synchronous · just in time · nick of time · perfect timing · right moment
Receiving divine favor
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- mercifulDisposed toward forgiveness
- benevolentDesiring others' welfare
- divine planDeity's intended course
God's will · heavenly · miraculous · answered prayer · intervention · salvation · deliverance · guardian angel
fortunately
By favorable circumstance
- luckilyBy good fortune
- blessedReceiving divine favor
- advantageousProviding benefit or gain
beneficial · favorable · windfall · boon · serendipity · charmed · golden · happy · gifted · mercifully
preordained
Decided in advance
- fatedDetermined by destiny
- predestinedDecided in advance
- foreordainedDecided in advance unavoidably
inevitable · decreed · written · meant to be · kismet · karma · prophesied · foretold · predetermined · inescapable
opportune
Favorable in timing
- well-timedHappening at the best moment
- seasonableSuited to the period
- propitiousFavorable for success
fortuitous · apt · fitting · coincidental · synchronous · just in time · nick of time · perfect timing · right moment · pivotal
blessed
Receiving divine favor
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- mercifulDisposed toward forgiveness
- benevolentDesiring others' welfare
divine plan · God's will · heavenly · miraculous · answered prayer · intervention · salvation · deliverance · guardian angel · protected
- -ly adverbsaccidentally, randomly, unexpectedly, luckily, fortunately
providentiallyunfortunately
Expressing bad luck
unluckily · adversely · calamitously · disastrously · tragically
providentiallycoincidentally
Occurring together unplanned
accidentally · randomly · by chance · by accident · haphazardly