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		punctualpunc‧tu‧al /ˈpʌŋktʃuəl/ adjective formal    punctualOrigin: 1300-1400 Medieval Latin punctualis, from Latin punctum;  ➔ POINT1  - Dinner is served at seven: please try to be punctual.
 - Michael's a very punctual, reliable worker.
 - Our clients are usually punctual -- you would be too if you were paying $10 a minute.
 - We've always been punctual in paying our rent.
 
 - Drew became less punctual, he muffed his lines, and was often replaced by an understudy.
 - He ensures that deliveries are punctual and accounts paid on time.
 - Republicans are more punctual, make lists, dress better.
 - She was absolutely punctual herself, thrifty about her own time.
 - The cities with their canals and punctual trams are among the most pleasant and orderly in the world.
 - They're invariably punctual, because one of their men works there and has been put in funds in advance.
 - They contain punctual alterations of specific texts, and they stage the confrontation between two or more voices.
 
   someone who is always on time► punctual someone who is punctual  always arrives or does things when they are supposed to: · Dinner is served at seven: please try to be punctual.· Our clients are usually punctual -- you would be too if you were paying $10 a minute.    arriving, happening, or being done at exactly the time that has been arranged  SYN  on time:   She’s always very punctual for appointments.  the punctual payment of invoices—punctually adverb—punctuality /ˌpʌŋktʃuˈæləti/ noun [uncountable]  |