punctuallyadv.

Brit.

/ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃʊəli/,

/ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃᵿli/,

/ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃl̩i/,

/ˈpʌŋ(k)tjʊəli/,

/ˈpʌŋ(k)tjᵿli/, U.S.

/ˈpəŋ(k)(t)ʃ(əw)əli/

Forms: see punctual adj. and -ly suffix²; also 1600s pontually, 1600s punctualy, 1600s puntually; Scottish pre-1700 ponqualie, pre-1700 pounktuallie, pre-1700 puntyoally.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: punctual adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < punctual adj. + -ly suffix², perhaps originally after Middle French punctuelment (c1400; French ponctuellement).

†1. To the point, directly; explicitly, expressly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adverb] > definitely or determinately

certainlyc1460

determinably1487

determinatelya1535

punctually1570

signanter1579

definitely1581

articulately1649

signantly1656

sharply1817

strictly1938

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > appositely

feelinglya1382

pertinentlyc1425

happily?1504

aptlya1529

punctually1570

pat1578

to scopea1616

appositely1633

apropos1668

felicitously1828

1570 N. Throckmorton Let. 15 Jan. in W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1759) II. App. 67 We have proponit your avyce in entring to treat with the queen of England, for retiring of her forces puntyoally for lack of aid.

1615 N. Byfield Expos. Epist. Colossians ii. 19 It is a most happy ability to speak punctually, directly to the point.

1638 F. Rous Heavenly Acad. x. 184 Christ our Master, punctually and expressely doth call for excellent fruits of his Disciples.

†2. In every point or detail; precisely, exactly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb]

rightlyeOE

righteOE

evenOE

evenlya1225

redlyc1275

justicelya1375

justilya1375

justlya1375

redilya1375

trulya1375

properlya1382

precisec1392

preciselyc1392

truec1392

straitlya1395

leala1400

arightc1405

by linec1420

justlyc1425

featlya1450

rule-righta1450

to the letter?1495

exquisitely1526

evenliklya1530

very1530

absolutely1538

jump1539

just1568

accurately1581

punctually1581

jumplya1586

arights1596

just so1601

plumb1601

compassly1606

nicelya1616

squarely1626

justa1631

adequately1632

mathematicallya1638

critically1655

exquisitively1660

just1665

pointedly1667

faithfully1690

correctlya1704

jus1801

jest1815

jes1851

neat1875

cleanly1883

on the nose1883

smack-dab1892

spot on1920

forensically1974

1581 J. Frampton tr. P. de Medina Arte Nauigation iv. v. f. 34^v/1 The most times it cannot be punctually [Sp. punctualmente] knowne when he [sc. the sun] commeth to the Meridian.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies vi. viii. 450 A kinde of writing with small stones, by meanes whereof, they learne punctually the words they desire to know by heart.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 240 The Question is so punctually stated..that there is no possibility of any Subterfuge left.

1738 T. Birch Life Milton App., in J. Milton Wks. I. 69 Had the Memorandum been punctually dated.

1753 J. Warton in C. Pitt tr. Virgil Æneid vii, in J. Warton et al. tr. Virgil Wks. III. 334 (note) No one piece of ground now can, I think, answer to an ancient description more punctually and exactly, than this does to Virgil's account of Amsanctus.

1887 R. L. Stevenson Bks. which influenced Me in Wks. (1895) III. 284 To understand that he is not punctually right, nor those from whom he differs absolutely wrong.

a. With minute attention to, or insistence on, points of conduct or etiquette; with strict observance of rules or obligation; scrupulously, rigorously, punctiliously. Now rare except as retained implicitly in sense 3b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [adverb]

straitlyc1290

holilyc1374

strait1390

unpartingly1435

ritelyc1475

religiously1534

heedfully1561

rigorouslya1564

heedily1577

officiously1582

strictly1597

punctually1598

ritually1612

unadulterously1643

observantially1652

righteously1748

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adverb] > with propriety > with strict propriety

punctually1598

formally?1611

nicelya1616

punctiliously1698

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [adverb] > with observance of social formality

precisely1526

punctually1598

formally?1611

nicelya1616

punctiliously1698

starchly1755

pokerishly1867

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [adverb] > conscientiously > meticulously

scrupulously1541

punctually1598

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 117 The other officers will more punctuallie performe their dutie.

a1613 T. Overbury Obseruations Xvii. Prouinces (1626) 28 No men stand more punctually vpon their Honours in matter of Valour.

a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 247 The Christians should punctually observe a portional abstinence, according to the time of forty days.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 273 The People..dealt very fairly and punctually with us in all their Agreements and Bargains.

1781 J. Wesley Let. 6 Nov. (1931) VII. 88 You must clip the wings of those local preachers who do not punctually observe your directions.

1820 R. Southey Life Wesley II. 538 Never was resolution more punctually observed.

1859 T. Lewin Invasion Brit. 78 Cæsar..found..that his orders for preparations had been punctually obeyed.

1909 W. E. Heitland Roman Republic I. iv. 22 That the prescriptions of the pontiffs had been punctually carried out, and the result aimed at not attained, was not to be admitted for a moment.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xviii. 71 His religious exercises, still very punctually performed, grew merely formal.

1962 Times 26 Mar. 17/7 In this way our duty as employers to hold the initiative in preserving and improving the terms of employment of our staff..is punctually observed.

b. With exact observance of an appointed time or times; at the agreed or proper time; on time. (Now the usual sense.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > punctuality > [adverb]

punctually1652

critically1655

sharp1840

on time1854

prompt1869

on the dot1875

dot1894

prepunctually1894

on or to the tick1902

1652 Perfect Diurnall No. 123. 1809 The Circles of Franconia and Swaben having promised that their severall sums assessed upon them shall be punctually paid on the day appointed.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 46 The Heavenly Bodies..punctually come about in the same Periods to the hundredth part of a Minute.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 285 All those..who were sent for, appeared punctually at the hour that was assigned them.

1768 G. G. Beekman Let. 4 Oct. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 518 Mr. Isaac and Captain Chew makes not the least doubt but the money will be punctually paid.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxvii. 339 He..came punctually back to fetch her when due.

1896 Law Times Rep. 73 614/2 If the instalments were not punctually paid, the building society would come down on the property.

1931 V. Woolf Waves 279 We arrive punctually at the appointed time with our white waistcoats and polite formalities.

1988 M. M. R. Khan When Spring Comes vi. 142 Benjamin was expecting the call, agreed to come and arrived punctually.

2002 P. Augar & J. Palmer Rise Player Manager ix. 193 The session closed punctually at 6 pm and everyone went off to unpack.

†4. Point by point; in detail; minutely. Obsolete.Frequently overlapping with sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adverb] > in detail

sundrya1400

speciallyc1405

parcelly1451

particulary1473

particularly1489

plentifully?1544

inventorially1604

punctually1618

detailedly1806

1618 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1894) 1st Ser. XI. 367 The said Johnne Stewart, upoun examinatioun, hes cleirlie and pounktuallie confessit the saidis divilische practizes.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xx. 177 This Chapter cannot punctually be answer'd without more repetitions then now can be excusable.

1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 31 The Papal Brief being read, and Jetzer Examined punctually of all his Confession.

a1741 T. Chalkley Wks. (1766) 26 He told me this Dream so punctually.

†5. By pricking or puncture. Also figurative. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > [adverb] > in piercing manner > by pricking

punctually1631

1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 134 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart. [margin] The word in the Originall signifieth, to vexe, rent, and wound punctually.

1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum iv. v. 1375 Their hearts are pricked, and punctually wounded in every part, like the hearts of Peters hearers.

†6. With direct aim, point-blank. Also figurative. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [adverb] > straight or due > with direct aim

point-blank1579

level1601

punctually1657

1657 M. Hawke Killing is Murder & No Murder Pref. This pestilent and perilous Libel, which punctually leveleth at the ruin and fate of his Highness.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xii. 68 Shooting punctually, Levill by a dispart 206. Paces.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	punctually
释义	punctuallyadv. Brit. /ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃʊəli/, /ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃᵿli/, /ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃl̩i/, /ˈpʌŋ(k)tjʊəli/, /ˈpʌŋ(k)tjᵿli/, U.S. /ˈpəŋ(k)(t)ʃ(əw)əli/ Forms: see punctual adj. and -ly suffix²; also 1600s pontually, 1600s punctualy, 1600s puntually; Scottish pre-1700 ponqualie, pre-1700 pounktuallie, pre-1700 puntyoally. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: punctual adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < punctual adj. + -ly suffix², perhaps originally after Middle French punctuelment (c1400; French ponctuellement). †1. To the point, directly; explicitly, expressly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adverb] > definitely or determinately certainlyc1460 determinably1487 determinatelya1535 punctually1570 signanter1579 definitely1581 articulately1649 signantly1656 sharply1817 strictly1938 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > appositely feelinglya1382 pertinentlyc1425 happily?1504 aptlya1529 punctually1570 pat1578 to scopea1616 appositely1633 apropos1668 felicitously1828 1570 N. Throckmorton Let. 15 Jan. in W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1759) II. App. 67 We have proponit your avyce in entring to treat with the queen of England, for retiring of her forces puntyoally for lack of aid. 1615 N. Byfield Expos. Epist. Colossians ii. 19 It is a most happy ability to speak punctually, directly to the point. 1638 F. Rous Heavenly Acad. x. 184 Christ our Master, punctually and expressely doth call for excellent fruits of his Disciples. †2. In every point or detail; precisely, exactly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] rightlyeOE righteOE evenOE evenlya1225 redlyc1275 justicelya1375 justilya1375 justlya1375 redilya1375 trulya1375 properlya1382 precisec1392 preciselyc1392 truec1392 straitlya1395 leala1400 arightc1405 by linec1420 justlyc1425 featlya1450 rule-righta1450 to the letter?1495 exquisitely1526 evenliklya1530 very1530 absolutely1538 jump1539 just1568 accurately1581 punctually1581 jumplya1586 arights1596 just so1601 plumb1601 compassly1606 nicelya1616 squarely1626 justa1631 adequately1632 mathematicallya1638 critically1655 exquisitively1660 just1665 pointedly1667 faithfully1690 correctlya1704 jus1801 jest1815 jes1851 neat1875 cleanly1883 on the nose1883 smack-dab1892 spot on1920 forensically1974 1581 J. Frampton tr. P. de Medina Arte Nauigation iv. v. f. 34^v/1 The most times it cannot be punctually [Sp. punctualmente] knowne when he [sc. the sun] commeth to the Meridian. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies vi. viii. 450 A kinde of writing with small stones, by meanes whereof, they learne punctually the words they desire to know by heart. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 240 The Question is so punctually stated..that there is no possibility of any Subterfuge left. 1738 T. Birch Life Milton App., in J. Milton Wks. I. 69 Had the Memorandum been punctually dated. 1753 J. Warton in C. Pitt tr. Virgil Æneid vii, in J. Warton et al. tr. Virgil Wks. III. 334 (note) No one piece of ground now can, I think, answer to an ancient description more punctually and exactly, than this does to Virgil's account of Amsanctus. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Bks. which influenced Me in Wks. (1895) III. 284 To understand that he is not punctually right, nor those from whom he differs absolutely wrong. 3. a. With minute attention to, or insistence on, points of conduct or etiquette; with strict observance of rules or obligation; scrupulously, rigorously, punctiliously. Now rare except as retained implicitly in sense 3b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [adverb] straitlyc1290 holilyc1374 strait1390 unpartingly1435 ritelyc1475 religiously1534 heedfully1561 rigorouslya1564 heedily1577 officiously1582 strictly1597 punctually1598 ritually1612 unadulterously1643 observantially1652 righteously1748 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adverb] > with propriety > with strict propriety punctually1598 formally?1611 nicelya1616 punctiliously1698 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [adverb] > with observance of social formality precisely1526 punctually1598 formally?1611 nicelya1616 punctiliously1698 starchly1755 pokerishly1867 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [adverb] > conscientiously > meticulously scrupulously1541 punctually1598 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 117 The other officers will more punctuallie performe their dutie. a1613 T. Overbury Obseruations Xvii. Prouinces (1626) 28 No men stand more punctually vpon their Honours in matter of Valour. a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 247 The Christians should punctually observe a portional abstinence, according to the time of forty days. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 273 The People..dealt very fairly and punctually with us in all their Agreements and Bargains. 1781 J. Wesley Let. 6 Nov. (1931) VII. 88 You must clip the wings of those local preachers who do not punctually observe your directions. 1820 R. Southey Life Wesley II. 538 Never was resolution more punctually observed. 1859 T. Lewin Invasion Brit. 78 Cæsar..found..that his orders for preparations had been punctually obeyed. 1909 W. E. Heitland Roman Republic I. iv. 22 That the prescriptions of the pontiffs had been punctually carried out, and the result aimed at not attained, was not to be admitted for a moment. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xviii. 71 His religious exercises, still very punctually performed, grew merely formal. 1962 Times 26 Mar. 17/7 In this way our duty as employers to hold the initiative in preserving and improving the terms of employment of our staff..is punctually observed. b. With exact observance of an appointed time or times; at the agreed or proper time; on time. (Now the usual sense.) ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > punctuality > [adverb] punctually1652 critically1655 sharp1840 on time1854 prompt1869 on the dot1875 dot1894 prepunctually1894 on or to the tick1902 1652 Perfect Diurnall No. 123. 1809 The Circles of Franconia and Swaben having promised that their severall sums assessed upon them shall be punctually paid on the day appointed. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 46 The Heavenly Bodies..punctually come about in the same Periods to the hundredth part of a Minute. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 285 All those..who were sent for, appeared punctually at the hour that was assigned them. 1768 G. G. Beekman Let. 4 Oct. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 518 Mr. Isaac and Captain Chew makes not the least doubt but the money will be punctually paid. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxvii. 339 He..came punctually back to fetch her when due. 1896 Law Times Rep. 73 614/2 If the instalments were not punctually paid, the building society would come down on the property. 1931 V. Woolf Waves 279 We arrive punctually at the appointed time with our white waistcoats and polite formalities. 1988 M. M. R. Khan When Spring Comes vi. 142 Benjamin was expecting the call, agreed to come and arrived punctually. 2002 P. Augar & J. Palmer Rise Player Manager ix. 193 The session closed punctually at 6 pm and everyone went off to unpack. †4. Point by point; in detail; minutely. Obsolete.Frequently overlapping with sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adverb] > in detail sundrya1400 speciallyc1405 parcelly1451 particulary1473 particularly1489 plentifully?1544 inventorially1604 punctually1618 detailedly1806 1618 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1894) 1st Ser. XI. 367 The said Johnne Stewart, upoun examinatioun, hes cleirlie and pounktuallie confessit the saidis divilische practizes. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xx. 177 This Chapter cannot punctually be answer'd without more repetitions then now can be excusable. 1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 31 The Papal Brief being read, and Jetzer Examined punctually of all his Confession. a1741 T. Chalkley Wks. (1766) 26 He told me this Dream so punctually. †5. By pricking or puncture. Also figurative. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > [adverb] > in piercing manner > by pricking punctually1631 1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 134 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart. [margin] The word in the Originall signifieth, to vexe, rent, and wound punctually. 1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum iv. v. 1375 Their hearts are pricked, and punctually wounded in every part, like the hearts of Peters hearers. †6. With direct aim, point-blank. Also figurative. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > straight or due > with direct aim point-blank1579 level1601 punctually1657 1657 M. Hawke Killing is Murder & No Murder Pref. This pestilent and perilous Libel, which punctually leveleth at the ruin and fate of his Highness. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xii. 68 Shooting punctually, Levill by a dispart 206. Paces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1570
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