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heaven-sent

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heav·en-sent (hvn-snt)
adj.
Occurring at an opportune time; providential.
heaven-sent
adj
providential; fortunate a heaven-sent opportunity
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.heaven-sent - peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention; "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"; "a providential recovery"
providential, miraculous
fortunate - having unexpected good fortune; "other, less fortunate, children died"; "a fortunate choice"
heaven-sent
adjective fortunate, providential, welcome, blessed, opportune, felicitous, serendipitous It will be a heaven-sent opportunity to prove himself.
Translations
heaven-sent [ˈhevnˈsent] ADJ → milagroso, (como)llovido del cielo
heaven-sent
adj opportunity → ideal; it was heaven-sent → das kam wie gerufen
heaven-sent [ˈhɛvnˌsɛnt] adj → provvidenziale, mandato/a dal cielo
heaven-sent [ˈhɛvnˌsɛnt] adj → provvidenziale, mandato/a dal cielo


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Her brow was clear and ample, her blue eyes cloudless, and her lips and the moulding of her face so expressive of sensibility and sweetness that none could behold her without looking on her as of a distinct species, a being heaven-sent, and bearing a celestial stamp in all her features.
Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context
Here of course was the very heaven-sent confidant for such an enterprise as mine.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
Some one may tell you something, or (and people often hear things in this way) some heaven-sent message may direct you.
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