| 释义 |
ˈpunctualness Now rare.
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
= punctuality (in quots., in senses 1, 3).
1620Shelton Quix. ii. xlviii. 318 That you may see the punctualnesse and good maners of my Husband. a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. vi. viii. (1821) 265, I will not here dispute the punctualness of these traditions..though I doubt not but the main scope of them is true. 1690Marlborough in Wolseley Life (1894) II. 165 Nobody..shall with more punctuallness observe them [orders]. 1711Felton On Classics (1718) 94 The most Literal Translation of the Scriptures..is generally the best; and the same Punctualness which debaseth other Writings, preserveth the Spirit and Majesty of the Sacred Text. |