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punctual |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Punctual \Punc"tu*al\, 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.] ``This punctual spot.'' --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. ``The race of the undeviating and punctual sun.'' --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 From WordNet r 1.6 [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" [ant: {unpunctual}]
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