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Definition of punctuality - 3 dictionary results

punc⋅tu⋅al⋅i⋅ty

  [puhngk-choo-al-i-tee]
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–noun
1. the quality or state of being punctual.
2. strict observance in keeping engagements; promptness.
Origin:
1610–20; punctual + -ity
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punc·tu·al   (pŭngk'chōō-əl)   
adj.  
  1. Acting or arriving exactly at the time appointed; prompt.
  2. Paid or accomplished at or by the appointed time.
  3. Precise; exact.
  4. Confined to or having the nature of a point in space.
  5. Linguistics Of, related to, or being the verbal aspect that expresses momentary action or action considered as having no temporal duration.

[Middle English, sharp-pointed, from Medieval Latin pūnctuālis, from Latin pūnctum, point, from neuter past participle of pungere, to prick; see pungent.]
punc'tu·al'i·ty (-āl'ĭ-tē), punc'tu·al·ness (-əl-nĭs) n., punc'tu·al·ly adv.
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Punctuality

Punc`tu*al"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. ponctualit['e].] The quality or state of being punctual; especially, adherence to the exact time of an engagement; exactness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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