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Meanings of promptness in English

Portuguese
pontualidade
Catalan
puntualitat
Spanish
puntualidad

The quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time.

      pontualidade

      The characteristic of doing things without delay.

            Usage of promptness in English
            1
            Much depends in burns upon the promptness with which they are dressed.
            The Sign of the Red Cross: A Tale of Old London
            2
            With soldierly promptness of decision the officer had acted on the revelation.
            The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst o...
            3
            Kindly note my laudable promptness as a correspondent and fall in line.
            Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer
            4
            The following will help to create habits of promptness, industry and perseverance:
            Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10: The Guide
            5
            His promptness and honesty won for him the esteem of his employer.
            The True Citizen: How to Become One
            6
            The vigour and promptness of these measures cannot be too highly extolled.
            Mudfog and Other Sketches
            7
            The medicine relieved me, though not with the same promptness as usual.
            Confession; Or, The Blind Heart. A Domestic Story
            8
            Budd Hankinson had heard the call, and obeyed it with surprising promptness.
            Cowmen and Rustlers: A Story of the Wyoming Cattle Ranges
            9
            Without his promptness the golden opportunity might have passed and never recurred.
            The Path of Empire: A Chronicle of the United States as a World ...
            10
            The Hundred Associates entered upon this portentous task with promptness and enthusiasm.
            Crusaders of New France / A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the...
            11
            Senator Sherman and other leading speakers took the field with equal promptness.
            Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
            12
            My unexpected promptness dazed him, but in no way diminished his anger.
            Love under Fire
            13
            Potemkin rose with the promptness of a well-trained slave, and said, humbly:
            Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
            14
            Roldan was apprised of the plot, and proceeded with his usual promptness.
            The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II)
            15
            He wondered at the promptness with which he had accepted her invitation.
            Enigma of China
            16
            Meanwhile the Romans acted with promptness, and boldly challenged him to battle.
            Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D.
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            Translations for promptness
            Portuguese
            pontualidade
            Promptness through the time
            Promptness across language varieties
            United Kingdom
            Common
            United States of America
            Less common