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Meanings of punctual in English

Portuguese
pontual

Acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed.

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        Usage of punctual in English
        1
        You have pledged your word and may go in peace; be punctual.
        The Northern Light
        2
        All these arrangements were executed in the most exact and punctual manner.
        The Seven Poor Travellers
        3
        They are never punctual in their engagements, nor decided in their conduct.
        The Young Woman's Guide
        4
        Ladies always can be punctual; they can do that at any rate.
        The Belton Estate
        5
        Fortunately the train was punctual, and the ordeal did not last long.
        My Young Alcides: A Faded Photograph
        6
        He was punctual in attendance to business, and shrunk from no toil.
        History of the Conquest of Peru
        7
        In all her life she was never punctual, nor could she be.
        Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker / Sometime Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on ...
        8
        The gong will sound three-quarters of an hour before a punctual breakfast.
        The Best British Short Stories of 1922
        9
        At last the punctual and wished-for Foka arrived, and we went downstairs.
        Childhood
        10
        This destiny would not hinder punctual correspondence and occasional visits to Eliza.
        Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
        11
        Tell him I hope he will be as punctual on Monday morning.
        Twilight Stories
        12
        I was as punctual as clockwork, and as diligent as an ant.
        Parkhurst Boys, and Other Stories of School Life
        13
        Next year he sets forth again but merchants are not always punctual.
        The Ocean and Its Wonders
        14
        The author John Horgan is unusually punctual for one of his profession.
        The Irish Times
        15
        He ought to be here in a moment now-he'salways so punctual.
        The Greater Inclination
        16
        And yet the three of you haven't been punctual for a week.
        Rosemary
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        Portuguese
        pontual
        Punctual through the time
        Punctual across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common