Hypertext Webster Gateway: "punctual"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Punctual \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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" [ant: {unpunctual}]


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