April 3, 2026
punctual
/ˈpʌŋktjʊəl/adjective
Arriving or doing things exactly at the agreed time.
Example sentences
- “Our neighbor is always punctual, so we worried when he was an hour late.”
- “Please be punctual, because the bus will leave at exactly eight o'clock.”
Describes people, trains, and payments. The noun is 'punctuality', a quality job ads still ask for.