punctual

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed

   I expect guests to be punctual at meals.

2. 2
   adj

   Periodic; occasional.

   The management of the above mentioned feed sectors is subject to close co-operation with the Member States through […] punctual expert groups meetings where appropriate.

3. 3
   adj

   Prompt; on time.

4. 4
   adj

   Existing as a point or series of points.

5. 5
   adj

   Expressing a momentary action that has no duration.

6. 6
   adj

   Observing trivial points; punctilious.

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pūnctuālis (“relating to a point”), from Late Latin pūnctus (“point”) + -ālis (adjective suffix).