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punctual adj 1 arriving or happening at the arranged time; not late. 2 said of a person: making a habit of arriving on time. punctuality noun. punctually adverb.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c in sense 1; 15c in obsolete sense 'sharp-pointed': from Latin punctus point.