Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Acting or arriving exactly at the time appointed; prompt.
- adjective Paid or accomplished at or by the appointed time.
- adjective Precise; exact.
- adjective Confined to or having the nature of a point in space.
- adjective Linguistics Of, related to, or being the verbal aspect that expresses momentary action or action considered as having no temporal duration.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of a point; being a point.
- Exact; precise; nice.
- Exact or prompt in action or in the observance of time, the keeping of appointments, engagements, etc.
- Prompt; at the exact or stipulated time: as, punctual payment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended.
- adjective Observant of nice points; punctilious; precise.
- adjective Appearing or done at, or adhering exactly to, a regular or an appointed time; precise; prompt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
prompt oron time - adjective mathematics Existing as a
point or series of points - adjective linguistics Expressing
momentary action that has noduration
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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View image of page you know, to be punctual, is my motto in all things, the principle, the life-habit whose influence is to modify and control my actions, and which I trust is even now almost indispensable.
Letter from Young John Allen to Mollie HoustonNovember 1, 1856 2008
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The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it.
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Roxana has always made her payments on time, which explains why she is known as a punctual and responsible person.
Kiva Loans 2009
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The average time to travel from Point Fortin to San Fernando, and vice versa, is approximately two hours in traffic, if the bus is punctual, which is highly unlikely.
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They were compassionate, punctual which is a big deal to me, professional and articulate.
Hollye Harrington Jacobs: After the Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Now What? Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011
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They were compassionate, punctual which is a big deal to me, professional and articulate.
Hollye Harrington Jacobs: After the Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Now What? Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011
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They were compassionate, punctual which is a big deal to me, professional and articulate.
Hollye Harrington Jacobs: After the Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Now What? Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011
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They were compassionate, punctual which is a big deal to me, professional and articulate.
Hollye Harrington Jacobs: After the Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Now What? Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011
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They were compassionate, punctual which is a big deal to me, professional and articulate.
Hollye Harrington Jacobs: After the Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Now What? Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011
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They were compassionate, punctual which is a big deal to me, professional and articulate.
Hollye Harrington Jacobs: After the Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Now What? Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011
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