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English Dictionary: punctual	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for punctual
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Antonym(s): unpunctual
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Punctual \Punc"tual\, 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.] [bd]This punctual* spot.[b8] --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. [bd]The race of the undeviating and punctual sun.[b8] --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.