Category:Punctual

Punc"tu*al, a. Etym: [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.