punctual.
Prompt; on time.
Meaning & usage
Prompt; on time. Of an event, happening at the appointed time.
Prompt; on time. Of a person, acting at the appointed time.
Luis is never late; he's the most punctual person I know.
Existing as a point or series of points.
Expressing a momentary action that has no duration.
Periodic; occasional.
The management of the above mentioned feed sectors is subject to close co-operation with the Member States through […] punctual expert groups meetings where appropriate.
Observing trivial points; punctilious.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Latin pūnctuālis (“relating to a point”), from Late Latin pūnctus (“point”) + -ālis (adjective suffix).
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