punc·tu·al (p ngk ch - l)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 p  nctu lis, from Latin pnctum, point, from neuter past participle of pungere, to prick; see pungent.]punc  tu·ali·ty (- l -t ), punctu·al·ness (-l-ns) n.punc tu·al·ly adv. |
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