punctually

punctual | American Dictionary

punctual
adjective
us/ˈpʌŋk·tʃu·əl/
arriving, doing something, or happening at the expected or correct time; not late:
Please try to be punctual, so we can start the meeting on time.

punctuality

noun[ U ]us/ˌpʌŋk·tʃuˈæl·ɪ·t̬i/
He’s obsessive about punctuality.

punctually

adverbus/ˈpʌŋk·tʃu·ə·li/
We arrived punctually at 8.

punctual | Business English

punctual
adjective
uk /ˈpʌŋktʃuəl/us
WORKPLACE
arriving at the time that has been agreed:
The successful candidate will be efficient, neat, and punctual.
be punctual for sthPlease try and be punctual for the meeting.
happening at the time that has been agreed:
punctual payment/service/deliveryWe are committed to providing a punctual and reliable service.

Examples of punctual

punctual
Foreground actions are presented and interpreted as though they were punctual, complete, and necessarily sequential.
Furthermore, notice that children's use of past tense on punctual verbs exceeds its frequency of use in the input in both acquisition contexts.
The primary issue of interest is whether childdirected speech manifests punctual/non-punctual distinction in terms of past-tense markings.
In addition, punctual predicates in these contexts must be used with a habitual interpretation.
Specular reflection originates when the light from a punctual source has stronger reflection in the line of view of the observer.
A single integration provides the coulombian potential (5) from the electric field of a punctual charge.
He is punctual, reliable and his output is as high as others in his section.
Therefore, since an instant is per se nothing, emanation must be punctually eternal (or eternally punctual).
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