punctual
adjective
strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
punctually
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a word derived from
punctual.
Example Sentences
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Further, these microbes arrived punctually at specific time points throughout the 21-day observation period.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024
In the email, the worker acknowledged the potential changes "won't be popular" but added services had to operate punctually.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2023
For this purpose I determined to keep an account of the voyage, and to write down punctually every thing we performed or saw from day to day, as will hereafter appear.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019
Last December the city of Montecito, a sanctum of old wealth in Santa Barbara county, was overrun by the huge Thomas fire, punctually followed in January by mudslides that killed 23 people.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2018
He showed up punctually at the appointed spot and did not once look up at the sky, which was growing darker and darker with thick gray clouds.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
