punctualnessn.
/ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃʊəlnəs/, /ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃ(ᵿ)lnəs/, /ˈpʌŋ(k)tjʊəlnəs/, /ˈpʌŋ(k)tjᵿlnəs/, U.S. /ˈpəŋ(k)(t)ʃ(əw)əlnəs/ = punctuality n. (in various senses).
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > punctuality > [noun]
punctualness1620
punctuality1640
timekeeping1694
the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [noun]
i-kepyngec1230
heed1357
keepingc1380
observancea1393
observation?a1425
contemplation1440
observing1458
conscience1483
conservation1544
heedfulness1561
heediness1596
religion1597
observancy1609
punctualness1620
punctuality1622
heeding1678
adherence1715
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed
specialty1384
circumstance1393
punctuality1620
punctualness1620
specializing1633
particularity1638
detailedness1842
specificality1858
detailism1865
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [noun]
nicetya1393
curiosityc1400
suretya1500
justness1533
preciseness1569
accurateness1611
punctuality1620
punctualness1620
mathematicality1641
accuracy1644
expressness1645
exactness1646
veracity1666
niceness1678
correctness1684
criticalness1693
precision1698
punctuosity1733
definitude1836
minutia1849
definition1866
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [noun] > conscientiousness > meticulous
conscience1483
scrupleness1489
scruple1526
scrupulosity1526
queasiness1576
punctualness1620
punctuality1622
scrupulousness1689
overscrupulousness1740
superstition1755
overscrupulosity1829
over-scruple1894
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. xlviii. 318 That you may see the punctualnesse and good maners of my Husband.
a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vi. viii. 246 I will not here dispute the Punctualness of these Traditions..though I doubt not but the main Scope of them is true.
1690 Duke of Marlborough in Ld. Wolseley Life Marlborough (1894) II. 165 Nobody..shall with more punctuallness observe them [sc. orders].
1713 H. Felton Diss. Reading Classics 130 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.
1753 S. Squire Enq. Found. Eng. Constit. (new ed.) 290 (note) To enable the townsmen to..pay with more ease and punctualness their yearly ferm, and other dues to the King.
1824 W. H. Garland Let. Apr. in William & Mary Q. (1931) 11 140 By answering it immediately, I attempt..to prove by my punctualness that I am a more assiduous correspondent than you have hitherto been.
1919 J. Conrad Arrow of Gold ii.i. 69 What to my backward glance seems startling and a little awful is their punctualness and inevitability.
1989 Elyria (Ohio) Chron.-Telegram 6 Jan. a15/8 (advt.) Computer and bookkeeping skills required... Punctualness a must.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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