adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dinner is served at seven: please try to be punctual .
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Michael's a very punctual , reliable worker.
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Our clients are usually punctual -- you would be too if you were paying $10 a minute.
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We've always been punctual in paying our rent.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Drew became less punctual , he muffed his lines, and was often replaced by an understudy.
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He ensures that deliveries are punctual and accounts paid on time.
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Republicans are more punctual , make lists, dress better.
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She was absolutely punctual herself, thrifty about her own time.
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The cities with their canals and punctual trams are among the most pleasant and orderly in the world.
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They're invariably punctual , because one of their men works there and has been put in funds in advance.
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They contain punctual alterations of specific texts, and they stage the confrontation between two or more voices.