The Only Use of
providence
in
And Then There Were None
- He murmured in a slightly ironic voice: "My dear lady, in my experience of ill-doing, Providence leaves the work of conviction and chastisement to us mortals—and the process is often fraught with difficulties.†
p. 99.5providence = resulting from God's intervention or plan; or lucky
Definitions:
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(1)
(providence as in: divine providence) resulting from God's intervention or plan; or lucky -- especially with regard to when something happened
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely providence may mean to prepare for the future. This is the sense that relates more directly to provident or improvident.