(adj) acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed, Ant.unpunctual, Example: she expected guests to be punctual at meals; he is not a particularly punctual person; punctual payment
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
The theory of the punctual existence of the soul. Krauth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Punctual to tediousness in all that he relates. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]
So much on punctual niceties they stand. C. Pitt. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. ponctualité. ] The quality or state of being punctual; especially, adherence to the exact time of an engagement; exactness. [ 1913 Webster ]
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