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Webster 1913 Edition


Punctually

Punc′tu-al-ly

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adv.
In a punctual manner; promptly; exactly.

Webster 1828 Edition


Punctually

PUNC'TUALLY

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adv.
Nicely; exactly; with scrupulous regard to time, appointments, promises or rules; as, to attend a meeting punctually; to pay debts or rent punctually; to observe punctually one's engagements.

Definition 2024


punctually

punctually

English

Adverb

punctually (comparative more punctually, superlative most punctually)

  1. In a punctual manner; on time.
  2. (archaic) precisely; exactly; minutely.
    • 1887 Robert Louis Stevenson, Books which Influenced Me:
      To understand that he is not punctually right, nor those from whom he differs absolutely wrong.

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