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Definition of: punctual
(pungk′ch
·əl) adjective
1. Exact as to appointed time; acting or arriving promptly; prompt.
2. Done or made precisely at an appointed time.
3. Punctilious; exact.
4. Consisting of or confined to a point as related to space. [<Med. L punctualis <L punctus a pricking, a point]
—punc′tu·al·ly adverb
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