punctually
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3.5
- adverb
- /ˈpʌŋk.tʃu.ə.li/
:
puntualmente
- The train departed punctually at noon, as scheduled.
- arrived punctually
- punctually at ten o'clock
- punctually, as always
Examples
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On Monday morning, John showed up at my office punctually at ten o'clock.
Academic text (1992) -
The nurse arrived punctually, as always, in the early morning.
Fiction book (1997) -
In the summer, he arrived punctually at five.
Fiction book (1997) -
The newspaper will arrive punctually from now on.
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Things come up, so I understand the cancellation, but if someone gives you their time and advice for free, you should call punctually, as scheduled.
Blog text (26) -
In short, they both accepted and arrived punctually at 8:30 on New Year's Eve.
Academic text (2008) -
Mr. Sela arrived punctually, carrying a box of chocolates.
Fiction book (1990) -
Louis awoke punctually at six o'clock every morning.
Fiction book (1992) -
The bells were ringing Prime, and to Everard's surprise, the party he was to escort arrived punctually.
Blog text (28) -
Mrs. George Hogendobber, an evangelical Protestant, picked up her mail punctually at 8:00 a.m. each morning except Sunday, when she was evangelizing and the post office was closed.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
321
1.0
At the expected time
98
2.1
Without delay or at the planned time
78
2.0
Happens at the planned time and is not late
43
1.2
At exactly the planned time
11
2.8
At exactly the planned time
Antonyms
How Punctual
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Punctually comes from the Latin punctum, which means 'point' and is the same root behind punctual. Think of time as a line and arriving punctually as reaching the exact 'point' on that line, so punctually means 'on time'.