Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: punctual
IPA transcription: [p'ʌŋktʃuəl]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: punctual
    Meaning: acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed; "she expected guests to be punctual at meals"; "he is not a particularly punctual person"; "punctual payment"
Usage examples
  • "Yes, I am generally punctual."
  • You are punctual to the day; That's good!
  • "You are very punctual, Mr. Dunbar," he said.
  • "Do tell him to be punctual," said Mr. Magruin, when Vavasor took his leave.
  • Why were not they more punctual? It was dirty, indeed, but what did that signify?
  • Punctual to the minute, Link, in a state of subdued excitement, came to Lucian's rooms.
  • Every body was punctual, every body in their best looks: not a tear, and hardly a long face to be seen.
  • Then I began to be uneasy lest Ernest should not be punctual, and Mary be delayed; but he came just as the clock struck one.
  • Our clients were punctual to their appointment, for the clock had just struck ten when Dr. Mortimer was shown up, followed by the young baronet.
  • Stepan Arkadyevitch remembered his joke about this punctual, bald watchmaker, "that the German was wound up for a whole lifetime himself, to wind up watches," and he smiled.