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What does punctual mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word punctual? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. prompt or on time
    1. (of an event) Happening at the appointed time
    2. (of a person) Acting at the appointed time
  2. (mathematics) Existing as a point or series of points
  3. (linguistics) Expressing momentary action that has no duration
  4. (nonstandard, Euro-English) Periodic; occasional.
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Our trains are much more punctual and people are a lot happier, the old nickname seems to be gradually disappearing altogether.
You should also be punctual and have genned up on the organisation you are being interviewed for.
She worked for some time in St. Joseph's Convent of Mercy and is remembered as a very punctual and reliable member of staff, with a pleasant personality and outlook.
Not, as your dear little daughter there seems to think, because I am greedy, but because I am always punctual, in justice to the cook.
With our solutions for dispatch to Germany, you can enjoy all the advantages of the cost-effective and punctual German domestic mail service.
There is no natural reason why an Englishman or a Scotchman should not be as punctual in performing agreements as a Dutchman.

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