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Definition
resulting from God's intervention or plan; or lucky — especially with regard to when something happened
- I call it positively providential.Chapter 6 — Marilla Makes Up Her Mind (21% in)
- Marilla did not look as if she thought Providence had much to do with the matter.Chapter 6 — Marilla Makes Up Her Mind (21% in)
- Mrs. Rachel was not often sick and had a well-defined contempt for people who were; but grippe, she asserted, was like no other illness on earth and could only be interpreted as one of the special visitations of Providence.Chapter 9 — Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified (4% in)
- However, I suppose I shall just have to trust to Providence and be careful to put in the flour.Chapter 21 — A New Departure in Flavorings (58% in)
- Anne permitted herself to be led down and comforted, reflecting that it was really providential that Mrs. Allan was a kindred spirit.Chapter 21 — A New Departure in Flavorings (95% in)
- "I call it providential," said Diana.Chapter 25 — Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves (79% in)
- It's providential that I practiced those recitations so often up in the garret, or I'd never have been able to get through.Chapter 25 — Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves (88% in)
- But mine was answered, for the flat bumped right into a pile for a minute and I flung the scarf and the shawl over my shoulder and scrambled up on a big providential stub.Chapter 28 — An Unfortunate Lily Maid (49% in)
- It was Providence, because the Almighty saw we needed her, I reckon.Chapter 34 — A Queen's Girl (28% in)
There are no more uses of "providence" in Anne Of Green Gables.
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