punctualness


punc·tu·al

P0660600 (pŭngk′cho͞o-əl)adj.1. Acting or arriving exactly at the time appointed; prompt.2. Paid or accomplished at or by the appointed time.3. Precise; exact.4. Confined to or having the nature of a point in space.5. Linguistics Of, related to, or being the verbal aspect that expresses momentary action or action considered as having no temporal duration.
[Middle English, sharp-pointed, from Medieval Latin pūnctuālis, from Latin pūnctum, point, from neuter past participle of pungere, to prick; see pungent.]
punc′tu·al′i·ty (-ăl′ĭ-tē), punc′tu·al·ness (-əl-nĭs) n.punc′tu·al·ly adv.