Providentially tells you how something happened: in a lucky way, as if it were arranged to help. “The rain stopped providentially just as we reached the door.” It is the adverb that belongs with providential, so it carries the same extra feeling as that adjective. People gloss it as luckily, and in loose talk that is fair.

Providentially tells you howprovidentially告訴你 something happened事情是怎麼發生的：in a lucky way用一種幸運的方式， as if it were arranged to help好像是特地被安排來幫忙的一樣。"The rain stopped providentially just as we reached the door."「雨就這麼幸運地在我們到門口時停了」是常見的例句。It is the adverb that belongs with providential它是providential的副詞形式， so而 it carries the same extra feeling as that adjective帶著和那個形容詞一樣的額外意味。People gloss it as luckily人們常把它解釋成luckily（幸運地）， and而 in loose talk寬鬆地說 that is fair也算合理。

Though actually, luckily is lighter and more common. Providentially still hints that the timing was not empty chance — that care, fate, or God had a hand.

Though actually不過其實，luckily is lighter and more commonluckily的語氣更輕、也更常用。Providentially still hintsprovidentially仍然暗示著 that the timing was not empty chance時機不只是純粹的巧合——that care, fate, or God had a hand而是有某種關照、命運，或神明插了一手。

You will meet it in careful writing and in religious speech more than in the playground. If you only need “it was lucky,” say luckily. Use this word when you want that older, heavier colour.

You will meet it你會遇到這個詞 in careful writing在字斟句酌的文章裡 and和 in religious speech宗教性的言論裡， more than in the playground比在遊樂場上遇到的機會多得多。If you only need "it was lucky,"如果你只是想說「這很幸運」， say luckily就用luckily。Use this word用這個詞 when you want that older, heavier colour是當你想要那種更古老、更厚重的語氣時。