About The Word Punctual
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Punctual
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What's The Definition Of Punctual?
[adj] acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed; "she expected guests to be punctual at meals"; "he is not a particularly punctual person"; "punctual payment"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Punctual: on time | prompt | timely Related Terms | Find terms related to Punctual: See Also | Punctual In Webster's Dictionary \Punc"tu*al\, a. [F. ponctuel (cf. Sp. puntual, It.
puntuale), from L. punctum point. See {Point}.]
1. Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended.
[R.] ``This punctual spot.'' --Milton.
The theory of the punctual existence of the soul. --
Krauth.
2. Observant of nice points; punctilious; precise.
Punctual to tediousness in all that he relates. --
Bp. Burnet.
So much on punctual niceties they stand. --C. Pitt.
3. Appearing or done at, or adhering exactly to, a regular or
an appointed time; precise; prompt; as, a punctual man; a
punctual payment. ``The race of the undeviating and
punctual sun.'' --Cowper.
These sharp strokes [of a pendulum], with their
inexorably steady intersections, so agree with our
successive thoughts that they seem like the punctual
stops counting off our very souls into the past. --
J. Martineau.
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