providently
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prov·i·dent
(prŏv′ĭ-dənt, -dĕnt′)adj.
1. Providing for future needs or events: "a shelter with bunks, springs only, intended for provident hikers who carried sleeping bags" (Donald Hall).
2. Frugal; economical: provident in spending money.
[Middle English, from Latin prōvidēns, prōvident-, present participle of prōvidēre, to provide for; see provide.]
prov′i·dent·ly adv.
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Adv. | 1. | providently - in a provident manner; "providently, he had saved up some money for emergencies" improvidently - in an improvident manner; "he lived improvidently for the moment" |
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providently
adv → vorsorglich, vorsorgend, vorausschauend
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